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Industrial Revolution
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1. Identical Machine-made parts.
crop rotation
New Economic Theories
Interchangeable Parts
thomas malthus
2. Protests from the working class that led to the destroying of factory machines named by Ned
luddites
Albert Einstein
Entrepreneur
Karl Marx
3. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
Laissez-faire
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mass Production
Albert Einstein
4. 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.
Socialism
the flying shuttle
robert bakewell
clermont
5. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.
middle class
Entrepreneur
Factory Workers
Adam Smith
6. Who came up with the idea of livestock breeding?
Charles Darwin
robert bakewell
Adam Smith
urbanization
7. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country
Adam Smith
Communism
Assembly Line
James Watt
8. German thinker who had a radical view of socialism; Founder of modern communism.
laissez faire
luddites
agriculteral revolution
Karl Marx
9. Someone who starts a business.
working class
Entrepreneur
david richardo
Andrew Carnegie
10. Argued that population increased more rapidly that food supply - and therefore the number of people allowed to live should be limited
thomas malthus
middle class
law of self-interest
david richardo
11. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.
enclosures
Assembly Line
david richardo
corporation
12. Believed that lower class will always remain the lower class
law of competition
Karl Marx
david richardo
Wright Bros.
13. Machine that made the rigorous job of cotton picking get done faster & more efficiently
Thomas Edison
Adam Smith
the cotton gin
clermont
14. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.
Robert Fulton
middle class
Adam Smith
Thomas Edison
15. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs
Ludwig van Beethoven
the seed drill
Laissez-faire
david richardo
16. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on
john mcadams
Charles Dickens
Inventions
the seed drill
17. The style of capitalism in which the government did not interfere with the economy
Communism
the steam engine
agriculteral revolution
laissez faire
18. First Usable - practical light bulb.
Thomas Edison
thomas malthus
Factory Workers
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
19. Theory of evolution
Charles Darwin
Communism
the cotton gin
Louis Pasteur
20. Organizations representing workers' interests.
Labor Union
industrialization
law of self-interest
working class
21. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.
agriculteral revolution
Samuel Morse
Charles Dickens
Socialism
22. Expressed love of nature in symphonies
Assembly Line
Adam Smith
Ludwig van Beethoven
luddites
23. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.
Communism
Karl Marx
the spinning jenny
Adam Smith
24. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.
principles of economy & taxation
the spinning jenny
William Wordsworth
Samuel Morse
25. People can work for their own good
law of self-interest
the spinning jenny
Ludwig van Beethoven
robert bakewell
26. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time
luddites
industrial revolution
the spinning jenny
Andrew Carnegie
27. What did jethro tull invent?
the seed drill
Socialism
robert bakewell
Alexander Graham Bell
28. A time period in which tools and equipment were modified and methods of soil preparation - fertilization - crop care - and harvesting were improved
agriculteral revolution
Industrial Revolution
thomas malthus
Karl Marx
29. The development of industries for the machine production of goods
Socialism
industrialization
Mass Production
livestock breeding
30. What did Richard Arkwright invent?
Adam Smith
the water frame
robert bakewell
Labor Unions
31. Developed and operated the modern steamship.
Robert Fulton
William Wordsworth
New Economic Theories
john mcadams
32. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them
agriculteral revolution
Andrew Carnegie
principles of economy & taxation
urbanization
33. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases
Karl Marx
david richardo
factors of production
middle class
34. The time period when power-driven machinery was developed.
Assembly Line
corporation
Industrial Revolution
enclosures
35. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
Assembly Line
Wright Bros.
enclosures
Entrepreneur
36. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
Mass Production
Assembly Line
the water frame
the steam engine
37. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product
Thomas Edison
law of competition
New Economic Theories
agriculteral revolution
38. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism
rocket
New Economic Theories
Ludwig van Beethoven
laissez faire
39. Large buildings that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods
the steam engine
factories
david richardo
Charles Darwin
40. 1st successful powered airplane flight.
Leo Tolstoy
Wright Bros.
Socialism
Labor Unions
41. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
the water frame
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
Assembly Line
laissez faire
42. Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts
corporation
enclosures
factories
the flying shuttle
43. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap
Charles Darwin
livestock breeding
Thomas Edison
Labor Unions
44. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.
Communism
James Watt
principles of economy & taxation
the flying shuttle
45. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame
Adam Smith
Laissez-faire
Inventions
William Wordsworth
46. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops
Wright Bros.
middle class
industrial revolution
the seed drill
47. Industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry.
Andrew Carnegie
Charles Darwin
enclosures
corporation
48. What did John Kay invent?
robert bakewell
the flying shuttle
Labor Unions
the water frame
49. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy
Wright Bros.
Mass Production
Adam Smith
law of supply & demand
50. Luddites were also known as the...
Communism
enclosures
working class
factories