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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.






2. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






6. Invented the telephone






7. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






9. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






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






13. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






14. What did David Richardo write?






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






16. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






17. People can work for their own good






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






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






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






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






22. What did jethro tull invent?






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






24. Someone who starts a business.






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






26. What did Eli Whitney invent?






27. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






30. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






32. Poet who wrote about nature






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






34. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






36. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






38. James watt helped improve what?






39. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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






43. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






45. What did John Kay invent?






46. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






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






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