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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.






2. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






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






4. Someone who starts a business.






5. Wrote about cruelties of war






6. What did John Kay invent?






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






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






9. Theory of evolution






10. Organizations representing workers' interests.






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






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






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






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






15. What did David Richardo write?






16. Defended the idea of a free economy.






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






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






19. 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.






20. Wrote about poor in cities.






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






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






23. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






25. The development of industries for the machine production of goods






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






27. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






30. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






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






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






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






36. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






38. Invented the telephone






39. Poet who wrote about nature






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






41. People can work for their own good






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






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






44. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






48. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






49. Theory of relativity






50. What did jethro tull invent?