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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. What were adam smith's 3 natural laws of economics?






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






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






4. What did jethro tull invent?






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






6. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






7. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






8. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






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






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






13. What did Eli Whitney invent?






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






20. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






25. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






28. Identical Machine-made parts.






29. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






31. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






33. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






35. Invented the telephone






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






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






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






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






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






41. People can work for their own good






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Defended the idea of a free economy.






49. Theory of evolution






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