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Industrial Revolution
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1. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
Assembly Line
Mass Production
Andrew Carnegie
New Economic Theories
2. People can work for their own good
industrialization
the water frame
Assembly Line
law of self-interest
3. A system in which the government controls the economy.
principles of economy & taxation
Karl Marx
Communism
robert bakewell
4. Organizations representing workers' interests.
the spinning jenny
Adam Smith
Labor Unions
Albert Einstein
5. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.
law of competition
Adam Smith
the flying shuttle
thomas malthus
6. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap
livestock breeding
Louis Pasteur
enclosures
Andrew Carnegie
7. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on
Albert Einstein
the cotton gin
john mcadams
enclosures
8. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism
New Economic Theories
thomas malthus
Labor Unions
middle class
9. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization
Ludwig van Beethoven
Leo Tolstoy
Samuel Morse
Louis Pasteur
10. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country
Factory Workers
the flying shuttle
Communism
livestock breeding
11. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?
urbanization
New Economic Theories
john mcadams
clermont
12. Expressed love of nature in symphonies
the spinning jenny
the cotton gin
Industrial Revolution
Ludwig van Beethoven
13. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.
Andrew Carnegie
robert bakewell
Factory Workers
Wright Bros.
14. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
robert bakewell
Laissez-faire
Mass Production
Laissez-faire
15. The development of industries for the machine production of goods
industrialization
robert bakewell
Thomas Edison
the cotton gin
16. Industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry.
New Economic Theories
Andrew Carnegie
the flying shuttle
law of competition
17. Who came up with the idea of livestock breeding?
Factory Workers
William Wordsworth
robert bakewell
Wright Bros.
18. Protests from the working class that led to the destroying of factory machines named by Ned
luddites
principles of economy & taxation
Labor Union
Socialism
19. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases
the water frame
david richardo
crop rotation
principles of economy & taxation
20. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time
Socialism
Adam Smith
the spinning jenny
the seed drill
21. Large buildings that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods
david richardo
Labor Union
Socialism
factories
22. 1st successful powered airplane flight.
Socialism
Samuel Morse
Mass Production
Wright Bros.
23. Poet who wrote about nature
William Wordsworth
john mcadams
thomas malthus
principles of economy & taxation
24. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.
Labor Union
Adam Smith
Louis Pasteur
the cotton gin
25. A time period in which tools and equipment were modified and methods of soil preparation - fertilization - crop care - and harvesting were improved
agriculteral revolution
Alexander Graham Bell
Communism
Robert Fulton
26. What did jethro tull invent?
the seed drill
the steam engine
Labor Union
Assembly Line
27. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land
the spinning jenny
crop rotation
enclosures
middle class
28. What did Eli Whitney invent?
New Economic Theories
Labor Unions
the cotton gin
law of supply & demand
29. Moved to cities from the countryside. Worked long hours with poor conditions. Organized unions and strikes.
Factory Workers
the spinning jenny
Labor Union
principles of economy & taxation
30. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.
Socialism
Thomas Edison
Louis Pasteur
Karl Marx
31. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels
Labor Union
industrial revolution
the water frame
Labor Unions
32. The time period when power-driven machinery was developed.
Socialism
the water frame
luddites
Industrial Revolution
33. Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts
Adam Smith
corporation
the water frame
Industrial Revolution
34. Believed that lower class will always remain the lower class
the cotton gin
john mcadams
david richardo
the seed drill
35. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy
principles of economy & taxation
enclosures
middle class
law of supply & demand
36. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.
thomas malthus
James Watt
corporation
Industrial Revolution
37. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
the water frame
Mass Production
Industrial Revolution
the spinning jenny
38. A system in which society - usually the government - owns and controls the means of production.
Socialism
Factory Workers
Laissez-faire
Leo Tolstoy
39. The style of capitalism in which the government did not interfere with the economy
the steam engine
laissez faire
Karl Marx
law of self-interest
40. Someone who starts a business.
the seed drill
Labor Unions
Entrepreneur
Andrew Carnegie
41. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
New Economic Theories
the steam engine
Samuel Morse
Assembly Line
42. Luddites were also known as the...
working class
urbanization
the cotton gin
Louis Pasteur
43. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.
industrial revolution
enclosures
middle class
laissez faire
44. Theory of relativity
Industrial Revolution
Assembly Line
Albert Einstein
the cotton gin
45. First Usable - practical light bulb.
agriculteral revolution
factories
Thomas Edison
laissez faire
46. What were adam smith's 3 natural laws of economics?
Thomas Edison
middle class
rocket
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
47. Defended the idea of a free economy.
Adam Smith
Alexander Graham Bell
factors of production
Socialism
48. The idea that government should not interfere in business.
the cotton gin
Laissez-faire
Mass Production
Mass Production
49. James watt helped improve what?
the steam engine
Adam Smith
corporation
Leo Tolstoy
50. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
Andrew Carnegie
the seed drill
Industrial Revolution