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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land






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






3. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






4. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






5. People can work for their own good






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






14. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






21. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






23. Theory of relativity






24. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






26. Organizations representing workers' interests.






27. James hargreaves invented what?






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






29. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






33. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






35. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






37. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






40. What did David Richardo write?






41. What did John Kay invent?






42. Luddites were also known as the...






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






44. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






45. Invented the telephone






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






47. James watt helped improve what?






48. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






50. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.