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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






4. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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






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






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






10. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






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






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






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






16. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






17. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






18. People can work for their own good






19. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






21. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






22. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Theory of evolution






32. What did jethro tull invent?






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






34. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






36. Identical Machine-made parts.






37. Theory of relativity






38. James watt helped improve what?






39. Organizations representing workers' interests.






40. What did David Richardo write?






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






42. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






45. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






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






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