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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






3. Resources consisting of land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurial skills combined to produce goods and services






4. What did David Richardo write?






5. 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.






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






7. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






10. Moved to cities from the countryside. Worked long hours with poor conditions. Organized unions and strikes.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. What did jethro tull invent?






19. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






21. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






24. Invented the telephone






25. What did John Kay invent?






26. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






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






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






32. Defended the idea of a free economy.






33. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






37. What did Eli Whitney invent?






38. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






40. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






41. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






43. Someone who starts a business.






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






45. Theory of evolution






46. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






49. Wrote about cruelties of war






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