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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy






2. Theory of relativity






3. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






5. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






7. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






8. James watt helped improve what?






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






10. Defended the idea of a free economy.






11. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






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






15. Invented the telephone






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






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






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






19. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






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






23. What did David Richardo write?






24. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






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






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






29. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






31. Someone who starts a business.






32. People can work for their own good






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






34. What did jethro tull invent?






35. Theory of evolution






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






44. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






47. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






48. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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