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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






5. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






6. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






9. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






10. Wrote about cruelties of war






11. 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.






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






13. Wrote about poor in cities.






14. What did John Kay invent?






15. Theory of evolution






16. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Identical Machine-made parts.






28. Luddites were also known as the...






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






30. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






31. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






33. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






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






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






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






39. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






42. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






45. James hargreaves invented what?






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






47. Invented the telephone






48. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






50. People can work for their own good