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industrial revolutio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who wrote the book The Wealth of Nations? | Adam Smith |
| Who wrote the Communist Manifesto? | Karl Marx |
| What did Eli Whitney invent? 2 ex. | cotton gin and interchangeable parts |
| what did Thomas Edison invent? 2 ex. | the incandescent light bulb and the phonograph |
| who invented the steamboat? | Robert Fulton |
| Who invented the Reaping Machine? | Cyrus McCormick |
| Who invented the Steel Refining process? | Sir Henry Bessemer |
| Who is a person who takes a financial risk by starting a business? | Entrepreneur |
| patent | the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years. |
| capitalism | an economic system in which individuals invest money or capital in business to make money |
| socialism | economic system in which a gov't owns and runs all industries |
| utopians | a person who believes in and wants to create a perfect society. |