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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?






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






3. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






5. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






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






11. James watt helped improve what?






12. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






13. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






16. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






19. Theory of evolution






20. 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.






21. First Usable - practical light bulb.






22. Invented the telephone






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






24. Defended the idea of a free economy.






25. Someone who starts a business.






26. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






27. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






29. People can work for their own good






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






31. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






33. What did John Kay invent?






34. Theory of relativity






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






36. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






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






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






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






42. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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