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Industrial Revolution
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1. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.
the water frame
enclosures
thomas malthus
Communism
2. The idea that government should not interfere in business.
enclosures
law of supply & demand
Laissez-faire
Entrepreneur
3. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame
Socialism
Karl Marx
Andrew Carnegie
Inventions
4. Theory of evolution
the water frame
livestock breeding
Charles Darwin
Labor Union
5. A system in which society - usually the government - owns and controls the means of production.
Mass Production
Socialism
Communism
Ludwig van Beethoven
6. A time period in which tools and equipment were modified and methods of soil preparation - fertilization - crop care - and harvesting were improved
factors of production
Communism
agriculteral revolution
Laissez-faire
7. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.
Ludwig van Beethoven
thomas malthus
James Watt
corporation
8. First Usable - practical light bulb.
thomas malthus
the seed drill
Thomas Edison
david richardo
9. A system in which the government controls the economy.
the flying shuttle
Communism
Mass Production
Inventions
10. Wrote about cruelties of war
principles of economy & taxation
factors of production
Socialism
Leo Tolstoy
11. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.
Entrepreneur
Andrew Carnegie
Adam Smith
Socialism
12. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops
thomas malthus
the seed drill
Mass Production
New Economic Theories
13. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product
Communism
the seed drill
law of competition
agriculteral revolution
14. Identical Machine-made parts.
New Economic Theories
Interchangeable Parts
corporation
Samuel Morse
15. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels
the water frame
corporation
Factory Workers
Mass Production
16. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases
New Economic Theories
david richardo
clermont
Laissez-faire
17. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
livestock breeding
agriculteral revolution
Mass Production
Communism
18. The shift - beginning in England during the 18th century - from making goods by hands to making those goods by machine
industrial revolution
Socialism
Laissez-faire
Albert Einstein
19. Who came up with the idea of livestock breeding?
rocket
Assembly Line
robert bakewell
the flying shuttle
20. James hargreaves invented what?
the spinning jenny
Leo Tolstoy
agriculteral revolution
Adam Smith
21. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
thomas malthus
john mcadams
William Wordsworth
22. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
Adam Smith
the cotton gin
Mass Production
23. The style of capitalism in which the government did not interfere with the economy
laissez faire
Laissez-faire
law of supply & demand
Alexander Graham Bell
24. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land
James Watt
corporation
Leo Tolstoy
crop rotation
25. 1st successful powered airplane flight.
Assembly Line
Wright Bros.
the cotton gin
law of competition
26. German thinker who put forth a radical view of socialism.
Louis Pasteur
Karl Marx
the cotton gin
Labor Unions
27. Who wrote an essay on the principle of population?
Alexander Graham Bell
Adam Smith
the water frame
thomas malthus
28. What did Richard Arkwright invent?
Karl Marx
working class
the water frame
Louis Pasteur
29. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.
thomas malthus
the water frame
crop rotation
Andrew Carnegie
30. Moved to cities from the countryside. Worked long hours with poor conditions. Organized unions and strikes.
Louis Pasteur
thomas malthus
industrial revolution
Factory Workers
31. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.
Mass Production
Samuel Morse
the spinning jenny
david richardo
32. What did John Kay invent?
Laissez-faire
the flying shuttle
Inventions
Robert Fulton
33. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?
robert bakewell
clermont
Mass Production
law of supply & demand
34. Developed and operated the modern steamship.
clermont
the flying shuttle
david richardo
Robert Fulton
35. Theory of relativity
factors of production
the spinning jenny
john mcadams
Albert Einstein
36. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy
Karl Marx
the water frame
Laissez-faire
law of supply & demand
37. Luddites were also known as the...
agriculteral revolution
working class
Assembly Line
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
38. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.
Socialism
Alexander Graham Bell
the water frame
the seed drill
39. The development of industries for the machine production of goods
rocket
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
Karl Marx
industrialization
40. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them
Wright Bros.
urbanization
the cotton gin
luddites
41. What did jethro tull invent?
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
the spinning jenny
working class
the seed drill
42. Someone who starts a business.
Entrepreneur
david richardo
James Watt
Inventions
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.
thomas malthus
the flying shuttle
the spinning jenny
Alexander Graham Bell
44. Industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry.
Andrew Carnegie
urbanization
Mass Production
Mass Production
45. Poet who wrote about nature
Communism
William Wordsworth
Interchangeable Parts
robert bakewell
46. What were adam smith's 3 natural laws of economics?
principles of economy & taxation
New Economic Theories
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
Socialism
47. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
Labor Unions
Assembly Line
William Wordsworth
Robert Fulton
48. The time period when power-driven machinery was developed.
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
the steam engine
Industrial Revolution
the water frame
49. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
the flying shuttle
the cotton gin
Industrial Revolution
Mass Production
50. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism
New Economic Theories
Adam Smith
industrialization
urbanization