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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






2. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






5. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. Organizations representing workers' interests.






11. Organizations representing workers' interests.






12. What did David Richardo write?






13. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






15. Theory of relativity






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






17. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






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






21. What did Eli Whitney invent?






22. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






23. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






25. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






26. People can work for their own good






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






28. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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






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






33. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






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






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






38. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






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






42. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






45. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






48. What did jethro tull invent?






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






50. Someone who starts a business.