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






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






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






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






6. Invented the telephone






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






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






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






10. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






12. Organizations representing workers' interests.






13. Someone who starts a business.






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






15. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






18. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






19. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






21. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






22. Luddites were also known as the...






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






24. Defended the idea of a free economy.






25. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. What did John Kay invent?






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






34. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






35. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






38. Wrote about poor in cities.






39. Theory of relativity






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






41. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






44. People can work for their own good






45. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






48. James hargreaves invented what?






49. What did David Richardo write?






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