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Industrial Revolution
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1. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.
factors of production
Assembly Line
Andrew Carnegie
Charles Darwin
2. Who wrote an essay on the principle of population?
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
William Wordsworth
Industrial Revolution
thomas malthus
3. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.
factors of production
the spinning jenny
Adam Smith
Inventions
4. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels
clermont
Andrew Carnegie
principles of economy & taxation
the water frame
5. What did Eli Whitney invent?
the cotton gin
the steam engine
thomas malthus
Mass Production
6. What did Richard Arkwright invent?
Louis Pasteur
Thomas Edison
the water frame
factors of production
7. German thinker who put forth a radical view of socialism.
Karl Marx
industrialization
the steam engine
Inventions
8. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy
Assembly Line
the seed drill
law of supply & demand
the cotton gin
9. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.
Samuel Morse
Charles Dickens
thomas malthus
Entrepreneur
10. Defended the idea of a free economy.
Adam Smith
Charles Dickens
enclosures
Samuel Morse
11. Wrote about cruelties of war
law of competition
Alexander Graham Bell
Leo Tolstoy
Mass Production
12. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs
Andrew Carnegie
Laissez-faire
Socialism
Ludwig van Beethoven
13. The shift - beginning in England during the 18th century - from making goods by hands to making those goods by machine
Robert Fulton
industrial revolution
Karl Marx
thomas malthus
14. Invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Socialism
Adam Smith
corporation
15. 1st successful powered airplane flight.
Wright Bros.
William Wordsworth
James Watt
the seed drill
16. Machine that made the rigorous job of cotton picking get done faster & more efficiently
laissez faire
enclosures
the cotton gin
the steam engine
17. The style of capitalism in which the government did not interfere with the economy
the cotton gin
middle class
laissez faire
Andrew Carnegie
18. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time
Adam Smith
the spinning jenny
the flying shuttle
Factory Workers
19. A time period in which tools and equipment were modified and methods of soil preparation - fertilization - crop care - and harvesting were improved
Assembly Line
robert bakewell
agriculteral revolution
thomas malthus
20. James hargreaves invented what?
the spinning jenny
john mcadams
clermont
Adam Smith
21. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.
Socialism
industrial revolution
middle class
the water frame
22. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them
New Economic Theories
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventions
urbanization
23. What did jethro tull invent?
Assembly Line
law of competition
agriculteral revolution
the seed drill
24. Theory of relativity
James Watt
Interchangeable Parts
Albert Einstein
the flying shuttle
25. What did George Stephenson name the engine he built with the help of his son?
Labor Unions
luddites
rocket
livestock breeding
26. A system in which the government controls the economy.
the cotton gin
Entrepreneur
Communism
factories
27. Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts
the cotton gin
Entrepreneur
the water frame
corporation
28. Large buildings that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods
factories
factors of production
middle class
Socialism
29. What did John Kay invent?
the cotton gin
Laissez-faire
Karl Marx
the flying shuttle
30. James watt helped improve what?
the steam engine
Karl Marx
industrial revolution
Andrew Carnegie
31. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame
the flying shuttle
middle class
Inventions
enclosures
32. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism
david richardo
Karl Marx
New Economic Theories
Industrial Revolution
33. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.
david richardo
enclosures
Leo Tolstoy
industrial revolution
34. 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.
david richardo
Ludwig van Beethoven
Adam Smith
the flying shuttle
35. The idea that government should not interfere in business.
Industrial Revolution
Laissez-faire
Inventions
Karl Marx
36. Theory of evolution
luddites
Charles Darwin
Karl Marx
New Economic Theories
37. Who came up with the idea of livestock breeding?
robert bakewell
david richardo
Communism
Interchangeable Parts
38. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
Labor Union
Mass Production
Entrepreneur
clermont
39. Poet who wrote about nature
William Wordsworth
the seed drill
thomas malthus
Wright Bros.
40. Wrote about poor in cities.
industrialization
industrial revolution
Charles Dickens
Socialism
41. The time period when power-driven machinery was developed.
factors of production
john mcadams
middle class
Industrial Revolution
42. Moved to cities from the countryside. Worked long hours with poor conditions. Organized unions and strikes.
david richardo
Laissez-faire
Factory Workers
the cotton gin
43. The development of industries for the machine production of goods
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
rocket
industrialization
Interchangeable Parts
44. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases
law of competition
david richardo
Mass Production
laissez faire
45. Believed that lower class will always remain the lower class
Albert Einstein
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
Andrew Carnegie
david richardo
46. First Usable - practical light bulb.
James Watt
Leo Tolstoy
Thomas Edison
Socialism
47. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
factories
Adam Smith
Ludwig van Beethoven
48. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country
Communism
Karl Marx
the water frame
corporation
49. What were adam smith's 3 natural laws of economics?
Communism
Assembly Line
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
the water frame
50. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product
Labor Union
Assembly Line
Ludwig van Beethoven
law of competition