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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap






2. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






5. Luddites were also known as the...






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






7. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






10. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






12. Invented the telephone






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






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






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






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






17. James watt helped improve what?






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






19. What did John Kay invent?






20. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






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






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






25. Theory of evolution






26. What did jethro tull invent?






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






28. People can work for their own good






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






30. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






31. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






34. Someone who starts a business.






35. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






37. Identical Machine-made parts.






38. James hargreaves invented what?






39. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






40. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






43. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






44. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






46. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






48. Theory of relativity






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






50. Poet who wrote about nature