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Industrial Revolution
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1. Organizations representing workers' interests.
Labor Union
corporation
agriculteral revolution
Karl Marx
2. Machine that made the rigorous job of cotton picking get done faster & more efficiently
Inventions
the cotton gin
Entrepreneur
corporation
3. German thinker who put forth a radical view of socialism.
thomas malthus
factories
working class
Karl Marx
4. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product
the water frame
law of competition
laissez faire
luddites
5. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.
Labor Union
the cotton gin
middle class
enclosures
6. Wrote about cruelties of war
Samuel Morse
Leo Tolstoy
robert bakewell
Assembly Line
7. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
david richardo
Andrew Carnegie
Assembly Line
thomas malthus
8. Luddites were also known as the...
Charles Dickens
crop rotation
working class
Inventions
9. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame
thomas malthus
the seed drill
Inventions
laissez faire
10. A system in which society - usually the government - owns and controls the means of production.
thomas malthus
thomas malthus
Socialism
Robert Fulton
11. Poet who wrote about nature
luddites
William Wordsworth
Communism
thomas malthus
12. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs
Leo Tolstoy
the seed drill
Laissez-faire
the flying shuttle
13. Moved to cities from the countryside. Worked long hours with poor conditions. Organized unions and strikes.
Communism
Ludwig van Beethoven
Factory Workers
Charles Darwin
14. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops
the seed drill
john mcadams
Assembly Line
the cotton gin
15. The time period when power-driven machinery was developed.
Socialism
Industrial Revolution
law of supply & demand
Mass Production
16. Large buildings that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods
factories
the spinning jenny
Communism
corporation
17. What did George Stephenson name the engine he built with the help of his son?
Labor Union
the spinning jenny
Interchangeable Parts
rocket
18. Who came up with the idea of livestock breeding?
robert bakewell
thomas malthus
crop rotation
Karl Marx
19. Invented the telephone
david richardo
livestock breeding
enclosures
Alexander Graham Bell
20. A system in which the government controls the economy.
david richardo
Communism
Socialism
Entrepreneur
21. Made millions off the expansion of the American steel industry.
law of self-interest
Karl Marx
the spinning jenny
Andrew Carnegie
22. James hargreaves invented what?
the spinning jenny
working class
the water frame
the seed drill
23. What did jethro tull invent?
the water frame
the seed drill
Adam Smith
Robert Fulton
24. Believed that lower class will always remain the lower class
James Watt
the flying shuttle
david richardo
Mass Production
25. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization
Louis Pasteur
Leo Tolstoy
Mass Production
Andrew Carnegie
26. Identical Machine-made parts.
the flying shuttle
Interchangeable Parts
Robert Fulton
New Economic Theories
27. Theory of relativity
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Samuel Morse
Albert Einstein
28. Someone who starts a business.
factors of production
the water frame
Labor Union
Entrepreneur
29. What did Richard Arkwright invent?
the water frame
Ludwig van Beethoven
agriculteral revolution
William Wordsworth
30. 1st successful powered airplane flight.
New Economic Theories
Wright Bros.
Karl Marx
principles of economy & taxation
31. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy
principles of economy & taxation
law of supply & demand
Leo Tolstoy
Karl Marx
32. Organizations representing workers' interests.
Industrial Revolution
the flying shuttle
the steam engine
Labor Unions
33. First Usable - practical light bulb.
Thomas Edison
john mcadams
david richardo
the spinning jenny
34. Argued that population increased more rapidly that food supply - and therefore the number of people allowed to live should be limited
the seed drill
thomas malthus
Laissez-faire
the flying shuttle
35. Theory of evolution
Ludwig van Beethoven
middle class
Charles Darwin
Andrew Carnegie
36. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on
enclosures
Interchangeable Parts
john mcadams
New Economic Theories
37. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?
Factory Workers
law of competition
working class
clermont
38. A time period in which tools and equipment were modified and methods of soil preparation - fertilization - crop care - and harvesting were improved
Albert Einstein
agriculteral revolution
the cotton gin
Thomas Edison
39. Industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry.
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
law of supply & demand
Andrew Carnegie
Assembly Line
40. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.
the cotton gin
enclosures
Assembly Line
principles of economy & taxation
41. What did Eli Whitney invent?
the cotton gin
industrial revolution
Entrepreneur
david richardo
42. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels
Inventions
Charles Darwin
crop rotation
the water frame
43. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.
the seed drill
Adam Smith
James Watt
Communism
44. The development of industries for the machine production of goods
industrialization
the steam engine
Assembly Line
the seed drill
45. Wrote about poor in cities.
Interchangeable Parts
Charles Dickens
Laissez-faire
Communism
46. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.
david richardo
factories
Socialism
Communism
47. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
Assembly Line
industrialization
law of self-interest
clermont
48. Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts
William Wordsworth
corporation
Louis Pasteur
Andrew Carnegie
49. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land
Laissez-faire
agriculteral revolution
law of supply & demand
crop rotation
50. Who wrote an essay on the principle of population?
Adam Smith
Labor Union
thomas malthus
working class