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Industrial Revolution

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






2. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






5. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






7. Organizations representing workers' interests.






8. James hargreaves invented what?






9. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






12. Invented the telephone






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






14. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






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






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






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






20. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






21. Argued that population increased more rapidly that food supply - and therefore the number of people allowed to live should be limited






22. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






23. What did jethro tull invent?






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






25. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them






26. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






29. People can work for their own good






30. What did David Richardo write?






31. What did John Kay invent?






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






33. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






34. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






37. Poet who wrote about nature






38. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






40. Someone who starts a business.






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






42. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Luddites were also known as the...






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