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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Protests from the working class that led to the destroying of factory machines named by Ned






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






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






4. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






5. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






13. Organizations representing workers' interests.






14. Invented the telephone






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






16. Theory of relativity






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






18. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






19. What did jethro tull invent?






20. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






21. Wrote about poor in cities.






22. What did David Richardo write?






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






24. Someone who starts a business.






25. Poet who wrote about nature






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






31. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






33. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






34. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






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






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






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






40. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






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






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






45. What did John Kay invent?






46. Luddites were also known as the...






47. James hargreaves invented what?






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






49. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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