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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. First Usable - practical light bulb.






2. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






9. 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.






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






11. Organizations representing workers' interests.






12. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






13. James hargreaves invented what?






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






15. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






18. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






27. Defended the idea of a free economy.






28. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






29. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






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






33. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






36. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






37. Theory of evolution






38. Invented the telephone






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






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






41. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






44. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






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






49. What did Eli Whitney invent?






50. Someone who starts a business.