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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.






2. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.






3. James hargreaves invented what?






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






5. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






6. What did Eli Whitney invent?






7. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






11. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them






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






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






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






15. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






18. Organizations representing workers' interests.






19. Theory of relativity






20. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






21. Wrote about cruelties of war






22. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.






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






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






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






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






27. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






29. People can work for their own good






30. Invented the telephone






31. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






33. First Usable - practical light bulb.






34. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






37. Someone who starts a business.






38. 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.






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






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






41. What did John Kay invent?






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






43. A system in which the government controls the economy.






44. Who came up with the idea of livestock breeding?






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






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






47. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






50. 1st successful powered airplane flight.