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Industrial Revolution
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1. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases
david richardo
Inventions
the flying shuttle
thomas malthus
2. What did George Stephenson name the engine he built with the help of his son?
the seed drill
Interchangeable Parts
rocket
crop rotation
3. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels
the spinning jenny
Entrepreneur
the water frame
the cotton gin
4. Luddites were also known as the...
Socialism
working class
middle class
factors of production
5. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.
Socialism
Charles Darwin
Thomas Edison
rocket
6. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame
Assembly Line
law of competition
Inventions
david richardo
7. German thinker who had a radical view of socialism; Founder of modern communism.
Mass Production
Karl Marx
law of self-interest
the spinning jenny
8. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy
Socialism
the cotton gin
the seed drill
law of supply & demand
9. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops
Entrepreneur
the seed drill
Socialism
laissez faire
10. What did Eli Whitney invent?
david richardo
the spinning jenny
the cotton gin
livestock breeding
11. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on
john mcadams
the cotton gin
Entrepreneur
Labor Unions
12. Wrote about poor in cities.
Charles Dickens
enclosures
Adam Smith
Leo Tolstoy
13. Protests from the working class that led to the destroying of factory machines named by Ned
Karl Marx
luddites
law of self-interest
Entrepreneur
14. Theory of evolution
Charles Darwin
Adam Smith
factories
robert bakewell
15. Wrote about cruelties of war
Leo Tolstoy
laissez faire
Assembly Line
Wright Bros.
16. Poet who wrote about nature
Socialism
crop rotation
William Wordsworth
Adam Smith
17. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time
principles of economy & taxation
the spinning jenny
working class
urbanization
18. A time period in which tools and equipment were modified and methods of soil preparation - fertilization - crop care - and harvesting were improved
agriculteral revolution
Communism
Assembly Line
the steam engine
19. The idea that government should not interfere in business.
Laissez-faire
Charles Dickens
Adam Smith
the seed drill
20. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization
Assembly Line
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
Louis Pasteur
rocket
21. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.
Assembly Line
the spinning jenny
Alexander Graham Bell
James Watt
22. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap
Albert Einstein
john mcadams
principles of economy & taxation
livestock breeding
23. Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts
corporation
Karl Marx
luddites
Adam Smith
24. 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.
the flying shuttle
Charles Dickens
the water frame
Mass Production
25. A system in which society - usually the government - owns and controls the means of production.
Socialism
principles of economy & taxation
Mass Production
Labor Unions
26. Identical Machine-made parts.
Labor Unions
Assembly Line
Thomas Edison
Interchangeable Parts
27. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product
Mass Production
law of competition
Samuel Morse
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
28. Expressed love of nature in symphonies
the water frame
the spinning jenny
Ludwig van Beethoven
david richardo
29. What did jethro tull invent?
luddites
rocket
the seed drill
law of self-interest
30. Who wrote an essay on the principle of population?
Communism
thomas malthus
law of supply & demand
Socialism
31. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.
the cotton gin
Adam Smith
Charles Dickens
Leo Tolstoy
32. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
thomas malthus
Albert Einstein
Assembly Line
William Wordsworth
33. What did David Richardo write?
Wright Bros.
law of competition
principles of economy & taxation
Charles Dickens
34. First Usable - practical light bulb.
Wright Bros.
Thomas Edison
laissez faire
the cotton gin
35. German thinker who put forth a radical view of socialism.
middle class
Karl Marx
the cotton gin
livestock breeding
36. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.
robert bakewell
Andrew Carnegie
crop rotation
Charles Dickens
37. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?
the spinning jenny
principles of economy & taxation
the flying shuttle
clermont
38. The shift - beginning in England during the 18th century - from making goods by hands to making those goods by machine
working class
Interchangeable Parts
factors of production
industrial revolution
39. Large buildings that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods
Louis Pasteur
New Economic Theories
factories
Samuel Morse
40. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism
the steam engine
Ludwig van Beethoven
New Economic Theories
Socialism
41. Defended the idea of a free economy.
thomas malthus
clermont
law of competition
Adam Smith
42. Who came up with the idea of livestock breeding?
Mass Production
middle class
robert bakewell
Andrew Carnegie
43. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country
factors of production
William Wordsworth
Communism
rocket
44. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
livestock breeding
Mass Production
Socialism
Assembly Line
45. A system in which the government controls the economy.
laissez faire
robert bakewell
Communism
Adam Smith
46. Invented the telephone
Entrepreneur
Laissez-faire
Alexander Graham Bell
the flying shuttle
47. James hargreaves invented what?
corporation
urbanization
law of self-interest
the spinning jenny
48. Someone who starts a business.
Albert Einstein
the seed drill
the cotton gin
Entrepreneur
49. Argued that population increased more rapidly that food supply - and therefore the number of people allowed to live should be limited
Mass Production
thomas malthus
the flying shuttle
New Economic Theories
50. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.
Socialism
Interchangeable Parts
Adam Smith
Labor Union