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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Theory of relativity






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






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






4. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






6. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






16. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






18. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






20. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






23. First Usable - practical light bulb.






24. What did David Richardo write?






25. What did Eli Whitney invent?






26. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






28. Luddites were also known as the...






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






30. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






31. Identical Machine-made parts.






32. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






34. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






37. What did John Kay invent?






38. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






47. Theory of evolution






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






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






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