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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The style of capitalism in which the government did not interfere with the economy






2. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






5. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






8. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






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






12. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






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






16. Wrote about poor in cities.






17. Someone who starts a business.






18. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






20. Theory of relativity






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






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






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






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






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






26. What did jethro tull invent?






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






28. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






30. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






33. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






34. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






35. Defended the idea of a free economy.






36. James watt helped improve what?






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






38. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






39. Invented the telephone






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






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






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






43. James hargreaves invented what?






44. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






45. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






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






49. Organizations representing workers' interests.






50. Poet who wrote about nature