Responses to the Industrialial Revolution

He was the most important socialist, political thinker in modern history - He believed a complete overthrow of the system was necessary. The wealthy factory owners and big corporations profited off the poor and exploited workers.

• Karl Marx

• Samuel Luddite

• Robert Owen

• John Snow

These English laws, known as the Factory Acts, which started in 1833, were the first ever government regulation of the industrial factory. What did they regulate?

• Pollution

• Wages

• Child Labor

• Noise

These rebels were skilled weavers and other artisans who saw in the new factory machines the destruction their traditional craft, their livelihood, and their community. They broke into factories and destoyed the machines. Who were they known as?

• Marxists

• Luddites

• Utopians

• Owenites

Another reaction to the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution was to go away and design the ideal community. Build communities that focused on dignity, health, equality, and greater cooperation among people. What was the name for these attempts to build a better, ideal place?

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Utopianism

• Dystopianism

The Industrial Revolution led to overcrowded slums which created major public health challenges - what saw rapid advancements in response to the disease and suffering of the working people?

• Transportation

• Unions

• Democracy

• Science and Medicine

What current presidential candidate campaigns for an economic and political system based on human dignity and equality that would provide guaranteed healthcare, housing, jobs, education, and fair wages for all citizens?

• Donald Trump

• Bernie Sanders

• Joe Biden

• Mike Bloomberg