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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?






2. What did jethro tull invent?






3. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






4. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.






5. Identical Machine-made parts.






6. Large buildings that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods






7. Machine that made the rigorous job of cotton picking get done faster & more efficiently






8. German thinker who put forth a radical view of socialism.






9. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.






10. A time period in which tools and equipment were modified and methods of soil preparation - fertilization - crop care - and harvesting were improved






11. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.






12. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap






13. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.






14. The time period when power-driven machinery was developed.






15. Theory of evolution






16. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.






17. What did Eli Whitney invent?






18. Organizations representing workers' interests.






19. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






20. Argued that population increased more rapidly that food supply - and therefore the number of people allowed to live should be limited






21. Protests from the working class that led to the destroying of factory machines named by Ned






22. Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts






23. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels






24. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.






25. Wrote about cruelties of war






26. Luddites were also known as the...






27. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.






28. What did David Richardo write?






29. Who wrote an essay on the principle of population?






30. German thinker who had a radical view of socialism; Founder of modern communism.






31. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time






32. People can work for their own good






33. Helped make textile production more efficient than doing the job by hand. would carry the threads of yarn back & forth when the weaver pulled a handle on the loom.






34. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






35. The style of capitalism in which the government did not interfere with the economy






36. The development of industries for the machine production of goods






37. Industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry.






38. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land






39. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






40. James hargreaves invented what?






41. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product






42. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






43. Wrote about poor in cities.






44. First Usable - practical light bulb.






45. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy






46. James watt helped improve what?






47. The shift - beginning in England during the 18th century - from making goods by hands to making those goods by machine






48. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.






49. The idea that government should not interfere in business.






50. What were adam smith's 3 natural laws of economics?