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Industrial Revolution
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1. What did George Stephenson name the engine he built with the help of his son?
Charles Darwin
Wright Bros.
rocket
the seed drill
2. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land
urbanization
Labor Unions
Socialism
crop rotation
3. Believed that lower class will always remain the lower class
david richardo
the water frame
Adam Smith
law of supply & demand
4. Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts
the steam engine
the seed drill
Industrial Revolution
corporation
5. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame
luddites
Inventions
john mcadams
the cotton gin
6. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
William Wordsworth
Mass Production
Interchangeable Parts
Assembly Line
7. Who wrote an essay on the principle of population?
thomas malthus
urbanization
Socialism
the spinning jenny
8. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels
James Watt
Ludwig van Beethoven
the water frame
factors of production
9. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country
Laissez-faire
thomas malthus
Andrew Carnegie
Communism
10. First Usable - practical light bulb.
Thomas Edison
Laissez-faire
Charles Darwin
john mcadams
11. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time
middle class
the spinning jenny
Laissez-faire
Adam Smith
12. German thinker who had a radical view of socialism; Founder of modern communism.
Karl Marx
enclosures
the seed drill
principles of economy & taxation
13. Machine that made the rigorous job of cotton picking get done faster & more efficiently
Ludwig van Beethoven
working class
the steam engine
the cotton gin
14. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.
Adam Smith
david richardo
Albert Einstein
factories
15. Who came up with the idea of livestock breeding?
enclosures
david richardo
robert bakewell
Andrew Carnegie
16. Developed and operated the modern steamship.
Labor Union
Karl Marx
Robert Fulton
Adam Smith
17. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.
Socialism
the spinning jenny
middle class
livestock breeding
18. Wrote about poor in cities.
Inventions
factories
industrial revolution
Charles Dickens
19. The idea that government should not interfere in business.
Laissez-faire
the spinning jenny
Mass Production
Communism
20. A time period in which tools and equipment were modified and methods of soil preparation - fertilization - crop care - and harvesting were improved
New Economic Theories
industrial revolution
Socialism
agriculteral revolution
21. Moved to cities from the countryside. Worked long hours with poor conditions. Organized unions and strikes.
Socialism
the flying shuttle
Factory Workers
law of competition
22. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on
law of supply & demand
Entrepreneur
Industrial Revolution
john mcadams
23. James watt helped improve what?
livestock breeding
thomas malthus
Andrew Carnegie
the steam engine
24. Poet who wrote about nature
urbanization
law of self-interest
corporation
William Wordsworth
25. Wrote about cruelties of war
Communism
Leo Tolstoy
the seed drill
thomas malthus
26. What did David Richardo write?
working class
Thomas Edison
principles of economy & taxation
the cotton gin
27. The development of industries for the machine production of goods
industrialization
Karl Marx
thomas malthus
Wright Bros.
28. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
Karl Marx
Mass Production
New Economic Theories
the water frame
29. The style of capitalism in which the government did not interfere with the economy
principles of economy & taxation
industrial revolution
laissez faire
William Wordsworth
30. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy
the flying shuttle
rocket
Charles Dickens
law of supply & demand
31. Identical Machine-made parts.
Interchangeable Parts
industrialization
laissez faire
Ludwig van Beethoven
32. 1st successful powered airplane flight.
Wright Bros.
Karl Marx
livestock breeding
Communism
33. Luddites were also known as the...
working class
the spinning jenny
Entrepreneur
livestock breeding
34. A system in which the government controls the economy.
Communism
Assembly Line
Andrew Carnegie
the flying shuttle
35. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.
middle class
john mcadams
Inventions
the steam engine
36. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.
Samuel Morse
Mass Production
david richardo
corporation
37. Organizations representing workers' interests.
factors of production
Industrial Revolution
rocket
Labor Unions
38. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs
Laissez-faire
Mass Production
clermont
Karl Marx
39. What did jethro tull invent?
factors of production
the seed drill
thomas malthus
Albert Einstein
40. Argued that population increased more rapidly that food supply - and therefore the number of people allowed to live should be limited
clermont
thomas malthus
Communism
the cotton gin
41. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap
enclosures
livestock breeding
thomas malthus
the cotton gin
42. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism
Thomas Edison
New Economic Theories
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
Alexander Graham Bell
43. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product
Charles Darwin
Louis Pasteur
Assembly Line
law of competition
44. What did Eli Whitney invent?
Socialism
the seed drill
factories
the cotton gin
45. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?
James Watt
clermont
working class
the water frame
46. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops
Interchangeable Parts
law of self-interest
industrial revolution
the seed drill
47. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.
enclosures
the spinning jenny
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
agriculteral revolution
48. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.
luddites
thomas malthus
the steam engine
James Watt
49. Theory of evolution
the seed drill
Wright Bros.
Andrew Carnegie
Charles Darwin
50. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases
Adam Smith
Assembly Line
agriculteral revolution
david richardo