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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. James watt helped improve what?






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






3. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






6. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






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






11. People can work for their own good






12. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






15. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






18. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






20. Theory of evolution






21. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






22. What did David Richardo write?






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






24. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






27. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






37. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






38. Invented the telephone






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






40. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






41. Wrote about poor in cities.






42. Theory of relativity






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






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






45. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






46. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






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