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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. 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.






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






3. What did John Kay invent?






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






5. Defended the idea of a free economy.






6. James hargreaves invented what?






7. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






10. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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






14. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






17. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






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






26. People can work for their own good






27. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






30. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






31. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






33. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Invented the telephone






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






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






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






44. Organizations representing workers' interests.






45. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






47. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






50. Luddites were also known as the...