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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The development of industries for the machine production of goods






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






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






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






5. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






7. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






8. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. Invented the telephone






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






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






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






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






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






24. Poet who wrote about nature






25. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






27. Theory of relativity






28. What did jethro tull invent?






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






30. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






31. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






35. What did John Kay invent?






36. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






38. People can work for their own good






39. What did David Richardo write?






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






41. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






42. Defended the idea of a free economy.






43. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






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






47. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






49. James hargreaves invented what?






50. Wrote about cruelties of war