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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time






2. What did David Richardo write?






3. First Usable - practical light bulb.






4. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






5. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






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






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






11. James watt helped improve what?






12. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






13. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






15. Poet who wrote about nature






16. Luddites were also known as the...






17. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






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






23. What did Eli Whitney invent?






24. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






26. Someone who starts a business.






27. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






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






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






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






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






33. Identical Machine-made parts.






34. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap






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






45. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






46. Theory of relativity






47. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






50. Organizations representing workers' interests.