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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






4. Organizations representing workers' interests.






5. James watt helped improve what?






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






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






8. What did Eli Whitney invent?






9. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






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






11. What did jethro tull invent?






12. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






15. Theory of relativity






16. What did David Richardo write?






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






18. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






21. Theory of evolution






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






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






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






31. Luddites were also known as the...






32. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






34. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






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






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






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






38. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






41. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






42. People can work for their own good






43. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






45. Poet who wrote about nature






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






47. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






48. James hargreaves invented what?






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






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