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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.






2. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






4. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






5. What did David Richardo write?






6. Poet who wrote about nature






7. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






8. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






9. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






11. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






12. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






15. James hargreaves invented what?






16. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






20. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






23. A system in which the government controls the economy.






24. Theory of evolution






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






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






27. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






29. Luddites were also known as the...






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






31. What did Eli Whitney invent?






32. Invented the telephone






33. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






36. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






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






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






41. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country






42. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






44. What did jethro tull invent?






45. People can work for their own good






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






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






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






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






50. Wrote about cruelties of war