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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






2. What did David Richardo write?






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






4. Theory of relativity






5. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






7. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






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






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






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






13. Wrote about cruelties of war






14. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






16. Someone who starts a business.






17. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






18. Theory of evolution






19. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






22. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






25. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






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






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






31. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






33. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






35. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






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






39. Invented the telephone






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






41. Identical Machine-made parts.






42. 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.






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






44. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






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