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Industrial Revolution
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1. Defended the idea of a free economy.
Assembly Line
Mass Production
Adam Smith
principles of economy & taxation
2. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap
factors of production
Robert Fulton
livestock breeding
Ludwig van Beethoven
3. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country
Charles Darwin
the steam engine
Communism
the spinning jenny
4. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.
the cotton gin
Assembly Line
Andrew Carnegie
Adam Smith
5. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product
law of self-interest
Ludwig van Beethoven
law of competition
rocket
6. What were adam smith's 3 natural laws of economics?
the steam engine
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
William Wordsworth
Mass Production
7. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
Mass Production
working class
Samuel Morse
Socialism
8. The development of industries for the machine production of goods
rocket
Labor Union
industrialization
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
9. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.
livestock breeding
Alexander Graham Bell
James Watt
Communism
10. Wrote about cruelties of war
Andrew Carnegie
Assembly Line
Assembly Line
Leo Tolstoy
11. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
Ludwig van Beethoven
clermont
agriculteral revolution
Assembly Line
12. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them
the steam engine
Socialism
urbanization
Industrial Revolution
13. A system in which society - usually the government - owns and controls the means of production.
Labor Union
Andrew Carnegie
Socialism
crop rotation
14. Protests from the working class that led to the destroying of factory machines named by Ned
luddites
Wright Bros.
the seed drill
working class
15. Machine that made the rigorous job of cotton picking get done faster & more efficiently
the cotton gin
the water frame
New Economic Theories
john mcadams
16. Expressed love of nature in symphonies
Ludwig van Beethoven
urbanization
Albert Einstein
Samuel Morse
17. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism
Factory Workers
david richardo
New Economic Theories
Ludwig van Beethoven
18. People can work for their own good
law of self-interest
the water frame
Laissez-faire
industrialization
19. 1st successful powered airplane flight.
Thomas Edison
livestock breeding
Wright Bros.
Robert Fulton
20. Industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry.
Andrew Carnegie
Labor Unions
Socialism
john mcadams
21. What did Richard Arkwright invent?
the water frame
robert bakewell
industrial revolution
Wright Bros.
22. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization
clermont
Alexander Graham Bell
law of supply & demand
Louis Pasteur
23. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on
livestock breeding
Assembly Line
john mcadams
Assembly Line
24. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
crop rotation
Mass Production
Thomas Edison
Charles Dickens
25. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.
law of self-interest
industrial revolution
enclosures
the flying shuttle
26. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.
Robert Fulton
Adam Smith
laissez faire
Socialism
27. Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts
Samuel Morse
Karl Marx
laissez faire
corporation
28. The idea that government should not interfere in business.
the spinning jenny
industrial revolution
Laissez-faire
the water frame
29. Believed that lower class will always remain the lower class
law of supply & demand
Samuel Morse
middle class
david richardo
30. Moved to cities from the countryside. Worked long hours with poor conditions. Organized unions and strikes.
david richardo
Robert Fulton
Factory Workers
crop rotation
31. Theory of evolution
Charles Darwin
James Watt
factories
Leo Tolstoy
32. What did jethro tull invent?
the seed drill
the water frame
factors of production
david richardo
33. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.
Wright Bros.
Andrew Carnegie
Karl Marx
corporation
34. Organizations representing workers' interests.
the cotton gin
Mass Production
Labor Unions
Socialism
35. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops
Entrepreneur
the seed drill
law of competition
thomas malthus
36. Identical Machine-made parts.
Interchangeable Parts
Labor Unions
Entrepreneur
law of competition
37. Theory of relativity
Albert Einstein
Industrial Revolution
agriculteral revolution
law of competition
38. James watt helped improve what?
law of supply & demand
Adam Smith
factors of production
the steam engine
39. Organizations representing workers' interests.
Labor Union
david richardo
law of self-interest
the flying shuttle
40. What did David Richardo write?
industrialization
principles of economy & taxation
the spinning jenny
Wright Bros.
41. What did George Stephenson name the engine he built with the help of his son?
Laissez-faire
rocket
the seed drill
Labor Union
42. First Usable - practical light bulb.
Socialism
Thomas Edison
Labor Union
Charles Dickens
43. A time period in which tools and equipment were modified and methods of soil preparation - fertilization - crop care - and harvesting were improved
Mass Production
middle class
Factory Workers
agriculteral revolution
44. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time
Industrial Revolution
the steam engine
the spinning jenny
david richardo
45. Wrote about poor in cities.
Charles Dickens
thomas malthus
the cotton gin
Inventions
46. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy
Andrew Carnegie
Socialism
law of supply & demand
clermont
47. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels
the water frame
john mcadams
luddites
William Wordsworth
48. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.
middle class
Communism
laissez faire
david richardo
49. Resources consisting of land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurial skills combined to produce goods and services
Mass Production
factors of production
laissez faire
law of competition
50. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?
Mass Production
clermont
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
Ludwig van Beethoven