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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.






2. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. What did jethro tull invent?






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






18. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






21. People can work for their own good






22. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






25. Defended the idea of a free economy.






26. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






29. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






30. James hargreaves invented what?






31. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






33. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






36. Someone who starts a business.






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






38. What did David Richardo write?






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






40. Invented the telephone






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






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






43. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






46. What did Eli Whitney invent?






47. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






48. James watt helped improve what?






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






50. Theory of relativity