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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.






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






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






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






5. What did Eli Whitney invent?






6. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






9. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






10. Defended the idea of a free economy.






11. Wrote about cruelties of war






12. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






14. Invented the telephone






15. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






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






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






20. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






23. What did jethro tull invent?






24. Theory of relativity






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






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






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






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






29. What did John Kay invent?






30. James watt helped improve what?






31. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






32. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






34. 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.






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






36. Theory of evolution






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






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






39. Poet who wrote about nature






40. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






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






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






46. First Usable - practical light bulb.






47. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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