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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?






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






3. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






4. Luddites were also known as the...






5. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. What did jethro tull invent?






13. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






16. People can work for their own good






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






18. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






19. James watt helped improve what?






20. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






23. Theory of relativity






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






25. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






28. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






29. Poet who wrote about nature






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






31. Wrote about cruelties of war






32. 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.






33. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






36. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






37. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






40. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






42. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






47. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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