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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. Believed that lower class will always remain the lower class






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






4. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






6. Luddites were also known as the...






7. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






10. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land






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






12. 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.






13. Theory of evolution






14. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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






18. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






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






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






23. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






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






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






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






29. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






32. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






33. James hargreaves invented what?






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






35. Invented the telephone






36. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






38. German thinker who put forth a radical view of socialism.






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






40. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






41. What did jethro tull invent?






42. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






44. Someone who starts a business.






45. Wrote about poor in cities.






46. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






48. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






50. Identical Machine-made parts.