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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






4. What did David Richardo write?






5. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






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






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






10. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops






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






12. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






16. Theory of relativity






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






24. Invented the telephone






25. People can work for their own good






26. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






28. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






30. What did Eli Whitney invent?






31. Poet who wrote about nature






32. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






36. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






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






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






41. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






42. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






44. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






45. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






48. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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







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