Topic 5.7 to 5.10 Flashcard

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According to Marx and Engels, the goal of capitalists is to

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exploit the working class

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In early industrial Britain, some children

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worked long hours in textile mills and were beaten if they fell asleep at work

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Out of concern for children, by the 1940s the British Parliament began to pass laws restricting or eliminating child labor.

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child labor

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For most of the nineteenth century, governments and businesses considered trade unions to be

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illegal associations that hampered trade

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Which of the following does NOT describe living conditions for workers in cities undergoing industrialization? Apartments were crowded but well constructed, Communicable diseases spread easily, Raw sewage pooled in yards and open areas, Residents escaped squalor by going to public parks

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Apartments were crowded but well constructed