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Industrial Revolution

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






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






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






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






5. People can work for their own good






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






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






8. Theory of evolution






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






17. Poet who wrote about nature






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






19. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






20. Wrote about poor in cities.






21. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






23. Organizations representing workers' interests.






24. Invented the telephone






25. Theory of relativity






26. What did John Kay invent?






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






28. What did jethro tull invent?






29. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. James watt helped improve what?






40. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






43. First Usable - practical light bulb.






44. 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.






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






46. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






48. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






50. Wrote about cruelties of war