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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.






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






3. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






6. James watt helped improve what?






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






8. Theory of evolution






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






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






11. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






13. Invented the telephone






14. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






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






18. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. What did jethro tull invent?






25. What did David Richardo write?






26. People can work for their own good






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






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






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






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






31. What did Eli Whitney invent?






32. Wrote about cruelties of war






33. First Usable - practical light bulb.






34. Theory of relativity






35. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Poet who wrote about nature






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






45. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






48. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






49. Identical Machine-made parts.






50. James hargreaves invented what?