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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Wrote about poor in cities.






2. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






3. Luddites were also known as the...






4. Organizations representing workers' interests.






5. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






7. People can work for their own good






8. A system in which society - usually the government - owns and controls the means of production.






9. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






11. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases






12. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






14. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






16. Wrote about cruelties of war






17. What did jethro tull invent?






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






19. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on






20. Someone who starts a business.






21. Theory of relativity






22. Believed that lower class will always remain the lower class






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






30. James watt helped improve what?






31. What did George Stephenson name the engine he built with the help of his son?






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






33. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Theory of evolution






41. What did David Richardo write?






42. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






43. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






44. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?






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






46. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






47. Defended the idea of a free economy.






48. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops






49. James hargreaves invented what?






50. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country