Socialism and Communism Answers

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4

Which statement most accurately describes The Communist Manifesto?

A
It was a description of the many benefits brought to modern life by industrialization.
B
It was a publication describing the upbringing and education of Karl Marx.
C
It was a description of the class struggle and the problems caused by capitalism.
D
It was a criticism that pointed out the cruelties of the communist system.
5

Read the excerpt from The Communist Manifesto.Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians [workers] have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite!

A
Workers should take care not to lose their personal property.
B
Workers are so oppressed that they should revolt.
C
A failed revolt will land the revolutionaries in prison, in chains.
D
It is unjust to hold communist revolutionaries in chains.
6

Socialists believe that to improve the lives of the people, the government should

A
take control of the press.
B
ban all political parties.
C
take control of the economy.
D
emphasize private ownership.
7

communismcapitalismsocialismanarchism

A
communism
B
capitalism
C
socialism
D
anarchism
8

In a socialist economy, what typically influences the prices of national goods and services in key industries?

A
the government of the country
B
the law of supply and demand
C
a committee of business leaders
D
a group of politicians from all parties
9

Which best describes what happened to New Harmony?

A
The community was a failure.
B
The community was a success.
C
The community was destroyed by fire.
D
The community still exists.
10

Read this excerpt from Friedrich Engels’s The Condition of the Working Class in England.Every great city has one or more slums, where the working-class is crowded together. . . . The streets are generally unpaved, rough, dirty, filled with vegetable and animal refuse [trash], without sewers or gutters, but supplied with foul, stagnant pools instead.

A
Industrialization has created poor living conditions.
B
Mass production has led to the birth of industrial cities.
C
Steam-power machinery has destroyed the environment.
D
Workers in cities need to try harder to improve their living conditions.

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