Industrial Revolution

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Which two major ideas are contained in the writings of Karl Marx?

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class struggle and revolutionary change

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Transportation in the 1800s was revolutionized by the development of the

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steam engine

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A major reason the Industrial Revolution developed in Great Britain in the 1700s was because of Great Britain’s geographic features, immigration policies, use of collectivization, access to imported oil.

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geographic features

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Which phrase best illustrates the theory of laissez-faire capitalism?

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businesses operating with little government regulation

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During the Industrial Revolution, which development resulted from the other three?

• Factory conditions affected people’s health.
• Unskilled laborers received low wages.
• Machinery replaced workers.

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Labor unions were formed.

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Which statement is supported by the ideas of Karl Marx?

• Private ownership of businesses helps workers.
• Industrialization benefits the wealthy and exploits the poor.
• Countries should benefit from the wealth of their colonies.
• Industrial capitalism allows workers and employers to work together for a common purpose.

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Industrialization benefits the wealthy and exploits the poor.

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What was a long-term result of the Industrial Revolution in Europe?

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a general rise in the standard of living

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During the 1800s, reform legislation passed in Great Britain, France, and Germany led to:

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legalizing trade unions, setting minimum wages, and limiting child labor

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. . . The following serious accidents (minor injuries are not reported) were recorded in the Manchester Guardian between June 12th and August 3rd, 1844:
. . .15th June, 1844: A youth from Saddleworth died of dreadful injuries after being caught in a machine. 29th June, 1844: A young man of Greenacres Moor, near Manchester, working in a machine shop, had two ribs broken and suffered from many cuts as a result of falling under a grindstone. . . .
3rd August, 1844: A Dukinfield bobbin turner was caught in a belt and had all his ribs broken. . . . — Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels is using these examples to draw attention to the Options: efficiency of the factory system, working conditions in factories, living conditions in cities, quality of care in urban hospitals

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working conditions in factories

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Adam Smith’s laissez-faire theories are most closely associated with

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minimal government regulation of the economy