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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






4. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






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






8. Theory of relativity






9. Industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry.






10. Organizations representing workers' interests.






11. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






12. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






13. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






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






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






19. Someone who starts a business.






20. Invented the telephone






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






22. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






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






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






27. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Organizations representing workers' interests.






38. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.






39. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






41. What did David Richardo write?






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






43. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






44. James hargreaves invented what?






45. Defended the idea of a free economy.






46. Poet who wrote about nature






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






48. Identical Machine-made parts.






49. The idea that government should not interfere in business.






50. What did John Kay invent?