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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






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






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






6. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






7. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Invented the telephone






18. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Theory of evolution






27. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






29. What did John Kay invent?






30. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






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






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






35. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






36. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






38. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






41. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






43. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






45. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






46. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






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