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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






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






5. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






8. First Usable - practical light bulb.






9. Poet who wrote about nature






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. Invented the telephone






16. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






18. James watt helped improve what?






19. What did John Kay invent?






20. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






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






24. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






25. What did jethro tull invent?






26. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






29. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






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






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






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






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






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






35. Organizations representing workers' interests.






36. Luddites were also known as the...






37. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






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






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






41. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






43. Wrote about poor in cities.






44. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






47. Organizations representing workers' interests.






48. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap






49. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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