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World History: Industrial Revolution - People - Inventions
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1. Inventor of Power Loom
Alessandro Volta
Edmund Cartwright
Edward Jenner
George Stephenson
2. Genetics specialist who researched the pigment of the pea plant
Gregor Mendel
Doctrine of Laissez-faire
Joseph Lister
Coal
3. Leading power source - especially for steam engine
Coal
Eli Whitney
Louis Pasteur
Charles Linbergh
4. Invented telegraph
Michael Faraday
Charles Wheatstone - William Coole - Samuel Morse
Factory Towns
John Flemming and Lee De Forest
5. Invented trans-atlantic cable that linked Europe to US for telegraphs
John Flemming and Lee De Forest
Alessandro Volta
Thomas Newcomen
Cyrus Field
6. Buildings where large machinery was housed - GB had first
Adam Smith
John Dalton
Factories
Robert Fulton
7. First trans-atlantic flight - 1927
Charles Linbergh
Doctrine of Laissez-faire
Edward Jenner
James Hargreaves
8. Scientists who studied radioactive elements - discovered radium and polomium - died of cancer from radiation exposure - received Nobel Prize in science
Factories
George Stephenson
Marie + Pierre Curie
Louis Pasteur
9. Inventor of the Flying Shuttle
Charles Darwin
John Kay
Domestic system
Edmund Cartwright
10. Altered theory of Magnetism - stating magnetism generates electricity
Michael Faraday
John Kay
Louis Pasteur
Ironmaking
11. Invented Electric battery
Joseph Lister
Charles Wheatstone - William Coole - Samuel Morse
Alessandro Volta
Electric Generator
12. Invented the wireless telegraph - 1895
Adam Smith
Petroleum
Guglielmo Merconi
Eli Whitney
13. Power source in 1800s that was organic
blue collar workers
George Stephenson
Natural Gas
white collar workers
14. Disliked mercantilism - supported free economy - law of supply + demand - law of competition - Self-regulating markets
Thomas Edison
Adam Smith
Gregor Mendel
Coal
15. Country that started Industrial Rev. - took over Textile Industry - Spread using Imperialism
Great Britain
Michael Faraday
Robert Fulton
blue collar workers
16. Proved bacterial diseases - created rabies + anthrax vaccines - DISCOVERED PASTEURIZATION to kill bacteria
Joseph Lister
Robert Fulton
Doctrine of Laissez-faire
Louis Pasteur
17. Inventor of the Cotton Gin - 1793
Natural Gas
Eli Whitney
Charles Linbergh
Joseph Lister
18. Invented Combustion engine - automobile - 1885
Joseph Lister
Michael Faraday
Karl Benz
Adam Smith
19. Idea for standardized/ interchangeable parts for machinery
Eli Whitney
Michael Faraday
Wright Bros.
Edmund Cartwright
20. Started theory of Evolution and natural selection from research in Galapagos Island
Charles Darwin
Alessandro Volta
Mass Production System
Robert Fulton
21. Inventor of the Spinning Jenny (wheel)
James Hargreaves
Karl Benz
Ironmaking
Ironmaking
22. First trans-atlantic flight - 1927
Domestic system
Marie + Pierre Curie
Charles Linbergh
Cyrus Field
23. Govt. regulates economy
Cyrus Field
Mercantilism
Edmund Cartwright
Gregor Mendel
24. Creator of Dalton's atomic theory in 1803
John Dalton
Thomas Edison
Charles Wheatstone - William Coole - Samuel Morse
Mercantilism
25. Power source for power and fuel
Coal
Mercantilism
Petroleum
Natural Gas
26. Factory workers - poor - uneducated - stagnant - suffered in Industrialization
Charles Linbergh
Alessandro Volta
Gregor Mendel
blue collar workers
27. Invented the Radio around 1904-1912
Guglielmo Merconi
Michael Faraday
John Flemming and Lee De Forest
Marie + Pierre Curie
28. Inventor of the Cotton Gin - 1793
Mercantilism
Ironmaking
Natural Gas
Eli Whitney
29. Discovered first anesthetics - substances that increased recovery speed - reduced pain - and relaxed patients
Marie + Pierre Curie
James Watt
Factory Towns
William T.G. Morton
30. Steam Engine inventer Who was overshadowed by James Watt
Natural Gas
Marie + Pierre Curie
Thomas Newcomen
Cyrus Field
31. Invented Steam locomotive - 1814
Factories
George Stephenson
Wright Bros.
Louis Pasteur
32. Produced first vaccination - it was for small pox in 1796
Thomas Edison
John Kay
Great Britain
Edward Jenner
33. Power source for power and fuel
Alessandro Volta
Petroleum
John Dalton
Eli Whitney
34. 1 worker makes 1 part and then parts are assembled
Marie + Pierre Curie
Mass Production System
James Hargreaves
Factories
35. Mass-scientist - perfected electric generator and light bulb
Eli Whitney
Cyrus Field
Joseph Lister
Thomas Edison
36. Father of Industrial Rev. - Improved the steam engine
James Hargreaves
Natural Gas
Edmund Cartwright
James Watt
37. Increased production due to demand for machinery and tools
Guglielmo Merconi
Louis Pasteur
Ironmaking
Gregor Mendel
38. Altered theory of Magnetism - stating magnetism generates electricity
Gregor Mendel
Michael Faraday
Robert Fulton
Thomas Newcomen
39. Buildings where large machinery was housed - GB had first
Factories
Adam Smith
John Kay
Edward Jenner
40. Invented the Radio around 1904-1912
John Flemming and Lee De Forest
Thomas Edison
blue collar workers
Domestic system
41. Created first airplane 1903
Wright Bros.
Natural Gas
Joseph Lister
Charles Linbergh
42. Increased production due to demand for machinery and tools
Eli Whitney
Ironmaking
Petroleum
Edward Jenner
43. Started theory of Evolution and natural selection from research in Galapagos Island
Charles Darwin
Robert Fulton
Ironmaking
Petroleum
44. Invented trans-atlantic cable that linked Europe to US for telegraphs
Cyrus Field
Gregor Mendel
Edmund Cartwright
blue collar workers
45. Country that started Industrial Rev. - took over Textile Industry - Spread using Imperialism
Thomas Edison
Wilhelm Roentgen
Great Britain
William T.G. Morton
46. Creator of Dalton's atomic theory in 1803
John Dalton
Mass Production System
George Stephenson
Mass Production System
47. Cities/Places where there were cheap housing - slums - epidemics - high-death rate based around Industry
Eli Whitney
Factory Towns
Guglielmo Merconi
James Watt
48. Steam Engine inventer Who was overshadowed by James Watt
Natural Gas
Doctrine of Laissez-faire
Robert Fulton
Thomas Newcomen
49. Researched bacteria and discovered tuberculosis and cholera
Eli Whitney
Joseph Lister
Thomas Newcomen
Robert Koch
50. Idea for standardized/ interchangeable parts for machinery
Eli Whitney
Robert Koch
Charles Linbergh
Natural Gas