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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.






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






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






4. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






5. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






8. What did jethro tull invent?






9. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






11. Someone who starts a business.






12. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






14. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






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






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






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






20. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






21. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






24. People can work for their own good






25. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






28. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






31. Theory of evolution






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






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






34. Invented the telephone






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






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






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






38. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






41. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






44. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






46. Luddites were also known as the...






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






48. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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