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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.






2. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






3. Seed Drill - Cotton Gin - Spinning Frame






4. Wrote about poor in cities.






5. Developed and operated the modern steamship.






6. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






7. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






8. James hargreaves invented what?






9. What did jethro tull invent?






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






11. Theory of relativity






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






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






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






15. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Wrote about cruelties of war






24. Invented the telephone






25. Organizations representing workers' interests.






26. First Usable - practical light bulb.






27. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






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






29. What did David Richardo write?






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






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






32. What did Eli Whitney invent?






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






34. What did John Kay invent?






35. Identical Machine-made parts.






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






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






38. James watt helped improve what?






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






40. People can work for their own good






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






42. Poet who wrote about nature






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






44. Luddites were also known as the...






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






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






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






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






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






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