3.06 Quiz

For what reason did John Stuart Mill believe the government should get involved in the economy?

• to increase competition between businesses

• to help the poor and the powerless

• to decrease inflation

• to help business owners

What did Karl Marx believe would happen to capitalism?

• It would become the economic system for the entire world.

• It would change in such a way as to help the poor and powerless.

• It would be overthrown by the large class of workers.

• It would be replaced by social Darwinism

Karl Marx wrote in The Communist Manifesto that the history of man had been defined by what?

• class struggle

• economic inequality

• natural selection

• scientific advancement

What was Charles Darwin’s theory regarding plant and animal life?

• Plants and animals have gradually changed over time as a result of limited food supplies.

• The origin of most species of plants and animals can be traced back to the Galápagos Islands.

• Plant and animal species are unique and unchanging.

• All plants and animals have gradually evolved over time through a process called natural selection.

What did the public education reform movement of the 1800s accomplish?

• All U.S. states had passed laws by 1880 requiring children to go to school.

• All Germans received four years of government-funded college education.

• Public high schools in the United States began to multiply after 1900.

• Free public libraries were built in Great Britain beginning in 1875.

Which best describes an accomplishment of the woman suffrage movement?

• College-educated women in Great Britain could vote after 1930.

• Women in New Zealand gained suffrage in 1893.

• Women gained the right to vote in Western countries in the 1950s.

• American women gained suffrage in 1880, followed quickly by women in France.

What happened as a result of workers organizing into unions in the late 1800s?

• Working conditions began to improve for many workers.

• All workers gained an eight-hour workday.

• Most workers lost work hours and wages.

• Very little happened; things remained the same.

Which is an example of how cities improved during the late 1800s?

• skyscrapers and public parks in Berlin

• new bridges and libraries in San Francisco

• a new police force and sewer system in London

• electric trams and subways in Madrid

What does the term standard of living refer to?

• the model, or standard, of plants and animals that have changed over time

• the type of economic system that a group of people follows in everyday life

• the goods and services that are available to society as a result of industrialization

• the level of wealth, comfort, material goods, health, and necessities available to a group

Which achievement improved the standard of living in the late 1800s?

• the establishment of Darwin’s theory of natural selection

• the reintroduction of the Olympic Games

• the publication of dime novels and penny dreadfuls

• the discovery of the link between germs and disease