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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. A system in which the government controls the economy.






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






3. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Invented the telephone






14. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






16. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






18. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them






19. Poet who wrote about nature






20. Theory of evolution






21. Defended the idea of a free economy.






22. Wrote about poor in cities.






23. What did David Richardo write?






24. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






25. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






33. What did jethro tull invent?






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






35. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






37. Organizations representing workers' interests.






38. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






40. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






42. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






43. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






49. James hargreaves invented what?






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