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Industrial Revolution

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






2. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






5. James hargreaves invented what?






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






7. Invented the telephone






8. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






10. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






12. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






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






17. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






18. People can work for their own good






19. What were adam smith's 3 natural laws of economics?






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






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






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






23. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






26. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






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






30. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






32. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






34. What did David Richardo write?






35. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






37. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. What did Eli Whitney invent?






45. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






46. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






48. James watt helped improve what?






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






50. Luddites were also known as the...