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Industrial Revolution
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1. Wrote about cruelties of war
factors of production
principles of economy & taxation
Leo Tolstoy
enclosures
2. Theory of relativity
david richardo
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
the seed drill
3. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country
factories
the seed drill
Communism
factors of production
4. 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.
Factory Workers
corporation
the spinning jenny
the flying shuttle
5. Protests from the working class that led to the destroying of factory machines named by Ned
industrial revolution
Ludwig van Beethoven
New Economic Theories
luddites
6. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time
the spinning jenny
principles of economy & taxation
Robert Fulton
enclosures
7. The shift - beginning in England during the 18th century - from making goods by hands to making those goods by machine
industrial revolution
Interchangeable Parts
the spinning jenny
Leo Tolstoy
8. The idea that government should not interfere in business.
Laissez-faire
Factory Workers
Assembly Line
Assembly Line
9. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product
law of competition
working class
the water frame
urbanization
10. Who came up with the idea of livestock breeding?
robert bakewell
Mass Production
Adam Smith
Communism
11. 1st successful powered airplane flight.
Wright Bros.
Ludwig van Beethoven
robert bakewell
corporation
12. What did Richard Arkwright invent?
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
the water frame
john mcadams
13. A system in which the government controls the economy.
Labor Union
Charles Darwin
Communism
Laissez-faire
14. A system in which society - usually the government - owns and controls the means of production.
the spinning jenny
Socialism
clermont
the flying shuttle
15. Identical Machine-made parts.
david richardo
Karl Marx
Interchangeable Parts
Laissez-faire
16. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.
William Wordsworth
middle class
Charles Darwin
factors of production
17. James hargreaves invented what?
Andrew Carnegie
the spinning jenny
Laissez-faire
principles of economy & taxation
18. What did jethro tull invent?
Samuel Morse
law of supply & demand
Karl Marx
the seed drill
19. Poet who wrote about nature
Adam Smith
the cotton gin
William Wordsworth
Labor Unions
20. Organizations representing workers' interests.
Labor Unions
the spinning jenny
david richardo
Communism
21. Machine that made the rigorous job of cotton picking get done faster & more efficiently
thomas malthus
New Economic Theories
the cotton gin
industrial revolution
22. German thinker who put forth a radical view of socialism.
Karl Marx
clermont
Communism
William Wordsworth
23. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.
Alexander Graham Bell
Communism
Laissez-faire
Samuel Morse
24. Expressed love of nature in symphonies
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
Ludwig van Beethoven
middle class
25. People can work for their own good
law of self-interest
Karl Marx
factors of production
Assembly Line
26. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization
Louis Pasteur
Industrial Revolution
Communism
the cotton gin
27. Defended the idea of a free economy.
factors of production
Charles Darwin
Adam Smith
livestock breeding
28. Moved to cities from the countryside. Worked long hours with poor conditions. Organized unions and strikes.
Factory Workers
david richardo
New Economic Theories
James Watt
29. Developed and operated the modern steamship.
law of competition
Albert Einstein
crop rotation
Robert Fulton
30. Wrote about poor in cities.
the steam engine
Charles Dickens
Andrew Carnegie
law of supply & demand
31. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
Mass Production
david richardo
working class
law of supply & demand
32. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
Assembly Line
factors of production
john mcadams
Mass Production
33. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.
the cotton gin
rocket
Adam Smith
enclosures
34. What did John Kay invent?
William Wordsworth
Laissez-faire
Communism
the flying shuttle
35. Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts
middle class
david richardo
corporation
rocket
36. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.
middle class
thomas malthus
James Watt
factories
37. Who wrote an essay on the principle of population?
luddites
agriculteral revolution
thomas malthus
working class
38. First Usable - practical light bulb.
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
industrial revolution
david richardo
39. What were adam smith's 3 natural laws of economics?
luddites
Laissez-faire
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
Alexander Graham Bell
40. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?
clermont
Ludwig van Beethoven
industrial revolution
Assembly Line
41. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels
enclosures
the water frame
Ludwig van Beethoven
Adam Smith
42. Organizations representing workers' interests.
Thomas Edison
Labor Union
urbanization
Laissez-faire
43. What did George Stephenson name the engine he built with the help of his son?
Adam Smith
the seed drill
rocket
law of self-interest
44. A time period in which tools and equipment were modified and methods of soil preparation - fertilization - crop care - and harvesting were improved
robert bakewell
industrialization
agriculteral revolution
Thomas Edison
45. Luddites were also known as the...
luddites
law of supply & demand
middle class
working class
46. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land
crop rotation
Adam Smith
john mcadams
Mass Production
47. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops
Karl Marx
Entrepreneur
the seed drill
urbanization
48. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.
robert bakewell
Entrepreneur
Adam Smith
Interchangeable Parts
49. The development of industries for the machine production of goods
industrialization
Albert Einstein
James Watt
Factory Workers
50. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy
Mass Production
Adam Smith
industrialization
law of supply & demand