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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. 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.






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






3. James watt helped improve what?






4. Theory of relativity






5. People can work for their own good






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






7. Defended the idea of a free economy.






8. What did John Kay invent?






9. Poet who wrote about nature






10. James hargreaves invented what?






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






12. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






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






15. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






18. What did Eli Whitney invent?






19. First Usable - practical light bulb.






20. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






22. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






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






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






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






28. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






41. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






44. What did jethro tull invent?






45. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






47. Theory of evolution






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






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






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