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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.






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






3. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






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






7. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






8. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






11. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






14. Wrote about cruelties of war






15. Wrote about poor in cities.






16. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






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






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






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






22. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






25. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






26. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on






27. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






29. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






30. What did Eli Whitney invent?






31. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






34. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Poet who wrote about nature






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






47. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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