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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. What did George Stephenson name the engine he built with the help of his son?






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






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






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






5. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






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






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






10. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






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






14. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






16. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






18. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






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






23. James watt helped improve what?






24. Poet who wrote about nature






25. Wrote about cruelties of war






26. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






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






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






31. Identical Machine-made parts.






32. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






33. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






36. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






37. Organizations representing workers' interests.






38. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






39. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






42. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






44. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






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






49. Theory of evolution






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