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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country






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






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






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






5. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






7. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






11. Organizations representing workers' interests.






12. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






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






16. Someone who starts a business.






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






18. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






19. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






20. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






22. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






25. Invented the telephone






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






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






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






29. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






31. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






32. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






34. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






37. What did Eli Whitney invent?






38. Poet who wrote about nature






39. People can work for their own good






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. Wrote about cruelties of war






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