Life during the Industrial Revolution – Flashcards
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Which of the following was not a reason that women and children were preferred in the factories?
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A. They were difficult to replace
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Children of the middle class often...
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D. Went to school
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In the Domestic System, how are workers paid?
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B. By number of finished products
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The Factory Act of 1833 aimed to do all of the following, except
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B. Increase women's pay to equal men's
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Which of the following jobs would have been held by a middle class woman?
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C. Teacher
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True or False: An oversupply of workers led to lower wages
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True
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What effect did the steam engine have on skilled workers?
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B. They were unemployed or took menial jobs
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The Factory Act of 1833 called for...
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D. Factory inspections
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Which of the following jobs would be held by a lower class woman at this time?
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A. Cook
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The income and jobs produced by factories led to...
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B. a powerful middle class
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Which of the following economic theorists did not support a free enterprise economic system?
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D. Marx
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The law of supply and demand was proposed by _______________.
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A. Adam Smith
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True or False: Laissez-faire economics means that the government does not interfere with business.
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True
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The purpose of union dues was to
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C. Pay workers while on strike
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Government control of all means of production is referred to as
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B. Authoritarianism Socialism
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True or False: Collective bargaining laws were established to prevent the formation of unions
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False
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Which of the following statements about John Stuart Mill is incorrect?
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C. He is called the Father of Utilitarianism
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Adam Smith believed in...
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A. Supply and demand
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Means of production includes all of the following, except
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D. Business plans to produce goods
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Many governments in Northern and Western Europe were influenced by...
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B. Democratic Socialism
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________ is a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are controlled by the community for the purpose of achieving social and economic equality
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C. Socialism
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Marx believed that the revolution would lead to communism or....
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A. A classless society
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The proletariat were...
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C. The workers
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___________ is the political system in which the government peacefully takes control of production, while the citizens retain partial control over economic planning.
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B. Democratic Socialism
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Which of the following economic theorists believed that Utopian Socialism was impractical?
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B. Karl Marx
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A classless society, as described by Karl Marx, could also mean ________.
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C. Authoritarian Socialism
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Karl Marx
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Believed in total revolution to destory capitalism
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Socialism began as a reform in response to the injustice and abuses of the ________ system.
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A. Capitalist
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Marx and Engels believed that...
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C. The capitalist system should be destroyed
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Many governments in Northern and Western were influenced by _________.
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B. Democratic Socialism
