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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them






2. What did David Richardo write?






3. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






4. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






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






8. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






9. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






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






12. Defended the idea of a free economy.






13. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






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






18. Theory of evolution






19. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






22. What did Eli Whitney invent?






23. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






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






27. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






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






31. James watt helped improve what?






32. Identical Machine-made parts.






33. Wrote about cruelties of war






34. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






35. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






38. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






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






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






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






44. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






46. 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.






47. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






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