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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops






2. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






4. Poet who wrote about nature






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






6. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






7. People can work for their own good






8. Theory of evolution






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






10. Defended the idea of a free economy.






11. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






13. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






17. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






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






22. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






25. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






28. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land






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






30. Wrote about cruelties of war






31. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






32. What did David Richardo write?






33. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap






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






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






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






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






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






39. What did jethro tull invent?






40. Argued that population increased more rapidly that food supply - and therefore the number of people allowed to live should be limited






41. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






42. Organizations representing workers' interests.






43. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






45. Theory of relativity






46. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






48. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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