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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. A system in which society - usually the government - owns and controls the means of production.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Theory of relativity






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






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






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






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






14. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






17. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






19. What did John Kay invent?






20. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






21. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






22. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






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






26. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






28. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






32. Identical Machine-made parts.






33. What did jethro tull invent?






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






35. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






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






39. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






42. What did Eli Whitney invent?






43. Someone who starts a business.






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






45. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






48. Poet who wrote about nature






49. Invented the telephone






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