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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Who wrote an essay on the principle of population?






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






3. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






6. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






8. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






10. People can work for their own good






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






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






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






14. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






16. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






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






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






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






21. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






23. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






26. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






28. James hargreaves invented what?






29. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






32. What did Eli Whitney invent?






33. Theory of relativity






34. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






35. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






38. Poet who wrote about nature






39. Theory of evolution






40. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






42. Organizations representing workers' interests.






43. First Usable - practical light bulb.






44. What did jethro tull invent?






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






46. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






48. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






50. Wrote about cruelties of war