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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy






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






3. What did jethro tull invent?






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






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






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






7. What did David Richardo write?






8. First Usable - practical light bulb.






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






10. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






11. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






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






14. Invented the telephone






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






16. Laissez-faire - Socialism - Communism






17. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






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






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






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






21. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






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






26. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






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






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






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






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






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






32. Theory of relativity






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






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






35. People can work for their own good






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






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






38. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






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






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






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






44. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






45. Wrote about cruelties of war






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






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






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






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






50. What did Eli Whitney invent?