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Inventor of the seed drill
Who is Jethro Tull
100
The increase in output of machine made goods that began in England in the mid 1700s was called
What is the industrial Revolution
100
limited the workday to 10 hours for women and children in factories
What is the 10 Hours Act
100
The economic term for the government keeping its hands off of business is
What is laissez faire
100
Primary author of the Communist Manifesto
Who is Karl Marx
200
Inventor of the flying shuttle
who is John Kay
200
The practice of seeding fields with different crops each year is called
What is crop rotation
200
prevented both women and children from working underground
What is the Mines Act
200
The economic system where the factors of production are owned by the public and operated for the welfare of all people is called
What is communism
200
Inventor of free public education in the United States
Who is Horace Mann
300
Came up with the idea of crop rotation
Who is Charles Townshend
300
A person who organizes, manages and takes the risk on a business is called
What is an Entrepreneur
300
outlawed unions and strikes
What is The Combination Acts
300
This is a voluntary association of workers seeking labor reform
What is a union
300
Fought to end slavery in the British Empire
Who is William Wilberforce
400
Creator of the spinning Jenny
Who is James Hargreaves
400
A business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but aren’t responsible for its debts is called
What is a corporation
400
New law made it illegal to hire children under 9 years old and limited the working hours of children from 9-17
What are the factory acts
400
Device used for planting seed in nice straight rows and making farming more efficient
What is the seed drill
400
Said that prisons should reform not just punish
Who is Alexis de Toqueville
500
Creator of the Spinning Mule
Who is Samuel Crompton
500
The economic system in which the factors of production are privately owned and money is invested for profit is called
What is capitalism
500
series of laws that failed in the U.S. when the Supreme Court decided that these should be left up to the states
What is federal child labor law
500
The growing gap between rich countries and poor countries is called
What is global inequality
500
Created Hull House, a place for working women to get low cost housing and child care
Who is Jane Addams