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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The idea that government should not interfere in business.






2. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






5. Defended the idea of a free economy.






6. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






9. Poet who wrote about nature






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






11. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






12. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. What did Eli Whitney invent?






26. Luddites were also known as the...






27. People can work for their own good






28. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






29. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






32. Theory of relativity






33. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






36. Theory of evolution






37. What did John Kay invent?






38. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






41. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






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






45. What did David Richardo write?






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






47. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






49. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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