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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Theory of evolution






2. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






4. Defended the idea of a free economy.






5. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






7. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






10. Wrote about poor in cities.






11. James watt helped improve what?






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






13. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






14. What did David Richardo write?






15. 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.






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






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






18. What did jethro tull invent?






19. Organizations representing workers' interests.






20. Theory of relativity






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






37. Identical Machine-made parts.






38. James hargreaves invented what?






39. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






42. Invented the telephone






43. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






44. Poet who wrote about nature






45. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






47. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






48. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






50. Someone who starts a business.