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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






4. What did Eli Whitney invent?






5. Wrote about poor in cities.






6. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






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






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






11. James hargreaves invented what?






12. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






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






16. First Usable - practical light bulb.






17. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Identical Machine-made parts.






25. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






37. Theory of relativity






38. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. Someone who starts a business.






44. Theory of evolution






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






46. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






47. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






49. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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







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