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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Invented the telephone






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






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






4. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






5. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






8. What did jethro tull invent?






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






10. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






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






14. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






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






18. Someone who starts a business.






19. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






21. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






28. What did John Kay invent?






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






30. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






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






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






35. People can work for their own good






36. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Wrote about cruelties of war






44. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






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






48. What did David Richardo write?






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






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