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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. German thinker who put forth a radical view of socialism.






2. 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.






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






4. James watt helped improve what?






5. Organizations representing workers' interests.






6. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






8. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






9. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






11. What did John Kay invent?






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






13. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






16. Luddites were also known as the...






17. People can work for their own good






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






19. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






20. Theory of evolution






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






22. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






26. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






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






30. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






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






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






35. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






38. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






41. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






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






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






46. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






49. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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