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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.






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






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






4. What did Eli Whitney invent?






5. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






9. Identical Machine-made parts.






10. What did David Richardo write?






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






12. What did John Kay invent?






13. Luddites were also known as the...






14. People can work for their own good






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






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






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






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






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






20. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






21. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






24. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






25. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






28. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






30. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






32. What did jethro tull invent?






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






34. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






37. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






39. Theory of relativity






40. Theory of evolution






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






42. 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.






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






44. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






47. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






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