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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.






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






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






4. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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






7. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






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






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






11. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






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






15. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






18. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






21. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






22. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






24. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






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






28. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






29. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






33. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






35. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






36. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






39. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Invented the telephone






45. Theory of relativity






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






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






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






49. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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