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100
Money invested or put into new businesses
What is capital
100
Invented the Spinning Jenny
Who is James Hargreaves
100
The industrial revolution made this country the richest country in the world
What is Britain
100
True or False: Parliment's laws to protect ideas from spreading outside of Britain's borders were successful.
What is False
100
What women has been giving credit for creating the first American flag?
Who is Betsy Ross
200
An economic system where machines do the work that was once performed by animals or humans
What is Industrialism
200
Invented a less costly way to make large amounts of steel
Who is Bessemer
200
The industrial revolution would take root in this part of the United States
What is New England
200
True or False: Britain's rich supply of natural resources was a cause of the industrial revolution.
What is True
200
Name the four presidents shown on Mt. Rushmore.
Who is Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt
300
A type of complanyt that sells shares in the company to investors to raise money
What is a corporation
300
Developed the telegraph
Who is Samuel Morse
300
The industrial revolution began in this industry in Britain
What is textile, or woven cloth industry
300
In the 1700, new laws called ___________ laws allowed landowners to combine and fence off strips of land.
What is enclosure
300
Which famous American is on the $1 bill?
Who is George Washington
400
People who take risks to start new businesses
What is entrepreneurs
400
Developed the telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
400
These became the biggest improvements in land transportation across Europe
What is Railroads
400
True or False: Britain's declining populations was another cause of the industrial revolution.
What is False
400
In what U.S. city was the Declaration of Independence signed?
What is Philadelphia
500
A machine that was used to spin cotton into thread very quickly
What is a Spinning Jenny
500
Developed the light bulb
Who is Thomas Edison
500
The Wright Brothers successfully tested the world's first:
What is airplane
500
This American inventor developed a boat powered by a steam engine
Who is Robert Fulton
500
Who was the first African American baseball player to play in the MLB
Who is Jackie Robinson