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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.






2. The time period when power-driven machinery was developed.






3. Poet who wrote about nature






4. People can work for their own good






5. James hargreaves invented what?






6. James watt helped improve what?






7. First Usable - practical light bulb.






8. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






18. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






19. What did jethro tull invent?






20. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






21. Theory of relativity






22. 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.






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






24. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






25. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






27. Theory of evolution






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






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






30. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases






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






32. Invented the telephone






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






41. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






43. What did John Kay invent?






44. Organizations representing workers' interests.






45. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






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






47. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






48. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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