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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. 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.






2. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






5. What did jethro tull invent?






6. Someone who starts a business.






7. Luddites were also known as the...






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






9. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






12. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






14. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






17. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






20. What did David Richardo write?






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






22. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. First Usable - practical light bulb.






30. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






33. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






35. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






37. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






38. What did John Kay invent?






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






40. Theory of evolution






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






50. Invented the telephone