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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases






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






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






4. Luddites were also known as the...






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






6. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






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






10. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






12. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






14. Theory of evolution






15. Wrote about cruelties of war






16. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






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






20. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






28. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






29. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






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






33. What did David Richardo write?






34. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






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






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






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






40. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






41. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






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






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






46. Invented the telephone






47. James hargreaves invented what?






48. Someone who starts a business.






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






50. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.