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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Moved to cities from the countryside. Worked long hours with poor conditions. Organized unions and strikes.






2. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






7. Defended the idea of a free economy.






8. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






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






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






13. Luddites were also known as the...






14. Wrote about poor in cities.






15. Poet who wrote about nature






16. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






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






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. People can work for their own good






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






23. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






25. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






28. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






31. Theory of evolution






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






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






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






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






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






37. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






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






41. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






42. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






43. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






44. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






46. Theory of relativity






47. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






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






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