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Industrial Revolution

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






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






3. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






4. Theory of evolution






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






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






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






8. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






10. Wrote about cruelties of war






11. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






14. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






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






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






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






20. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






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






25. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






28. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






31. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






32. What did John Kay invent?






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






34. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






35. Theory of relativity






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






37. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






41. What did jethro tull invent?






42. Someone who starts a business.






43. 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.






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






45. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






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






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






50. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism