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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Wrote about poor in cities.






2. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






4. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






5. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






8. Theory of relativity






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






10. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






13. Luddites were also known as the...






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






15. What did jethro tull invent?






16. What did Eli Whitney invent?






17. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






20. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






21. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






24. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






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






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






37. Theory of evolution






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






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






40. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






42. People can work for their own good






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






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






45. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






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






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