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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






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






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






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






6. What did David Richardo write?






7. Luddites were also known as the...






8. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






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






13. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






16. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Invented the telephone






26. What did John Kay invent?






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






28. Wrote about poor in cities.






29. People can work for their own good






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






31. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






32. What did jethro tull invent?






33. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






34. James watt helped improve what?






35. 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.






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






37. Organizations representing workers' interests.






38. Defended the idea of a free economy.






39. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






42. Theory of evolution






43. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






45. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






47. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






50. Theory of relativity