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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






2. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






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






6. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






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






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






12. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






14. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






18. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






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






23. What did John Kay invent?






24. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






26. What did jethro tull invent?






27. 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.






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






29. Theory of relativity






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






31. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






32. Someone who starts a business.






33. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






36. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






37. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






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






48. Invented the telephone






49. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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