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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels






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






3. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






5. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






8. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






11. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






14. What did John Kay invent?






15. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






16. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






17. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






20. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.






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






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






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






24. Defended the idea of a free economy.






25. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






27. Theory of evolution






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






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






30. Poet who wrote about nature






31. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






32. What did Eli Whitney invent?






33. 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.






34. Theory of relativity






35. Wrote about cruelties of war






36. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






38. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






41. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






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






45. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






49. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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