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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






4. What did John Kay invent?






5. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






8. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






10. Identical Machine-made parts.






11. Wrote about poor in cities.






12. Theory of evolution






13. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






14. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






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






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






19. Poet who wrote about nature






20. Luddites were also known as the...






21. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






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






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






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






27. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






29. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






34. Theory of relativity






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. Someone who starts a business.






43. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






44. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






45. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






47. People can work for their own good






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






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






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