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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






4. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. What did John Kay invent?






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






13. Defended the idea of a free economy.






14. What did David Richardo write?






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






16. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






17. Luddites were also known as the...






18. Theory of relativity






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






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






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






22. First Usable - practical light bulb.






23. People can work for their own good






24. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






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






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






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






30. James watt helped improve what?






31. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






33. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






34. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






35. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






37. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






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






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






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






43. Invented the telephone






44. Someone who starts a business.






45. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






47. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






49. 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.






50. What did jethro tull invent?