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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






11. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






12. Wrote about cruelties of war






13. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






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






17. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






26. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






29. Invented the telephone






30. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






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






35. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






37. First Usable - practical light bulb.






38. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






40. Theory of relativity






41. People can work for their own good






42. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. What did David Richardo write?






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