Lesson 2: The Growth of Cities Answers

Background information: Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations in 1776. In this passage, he discusses the principle of self-interest in a capitalist system.According to Smith, what is the primary economic motivation for most people?

According to the passage, how do people pursuing their own self-interests benefit society?

Background information: Friedrich Engels was a German socialist whose family was wealthy cotton manufacturers. When he was twenty-two, he was sent to work at the family factory in Manchester, England. This excerpt is from his book,The Condition of the Working Class in England, which was published in 1844.What is the main idea of this passage?

Background information: Friedrich Engels was a German socialist whose family was wealthy cotton manufacturers. When he was twenty-two, he was sent to work at the family factory in Manchester, England. This excerpt is from his book, The Condition of the Working Class in England, which was published in 1844.Which of these lines from the text provides a clue that Engels is a socialist and therefore opposed to capitalism?