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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The time period when power-driven machinery was developed.






2. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






5. James hargreaves invented what?






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






11. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






14. Wrote about cruelties of war






15. Invented the telephone






16. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






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






20. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






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






24. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






27. What did David Richardo write?






28. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






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






32. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






34. Someone who starts a business.






35. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






38. First Usable - practical light bulb.






39. Theory of evolution






40. What did jethro tull invent?






41. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






42. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






43. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






45. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






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