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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Wrote about cruelties of war






2. Theory of relativity






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






12. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






15. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






17. James hargreaves invented what?






18. What did jethro tull invent?






19. Poet who wrote about nature






20. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






23. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






24. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






25. People can work for their own good






26. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






27. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






29. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






30. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






34. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






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






38. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






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






42. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






45. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






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






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