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The utopian socialist factory owner from Great Britain who worked to improve conditions for his workers was

A
Jacob Riis
B
Karl Marx
C
Robert Owen
D
Friedrich Engels
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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
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A
communism
B
capitalism
C
socialism
D
anarchism
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Which statement is characteristic of a communist system? Choose four answers.

A
The government controls the means of production.
B
Prices and wages are set by supply and demand.
C
The government regulates a centrally planned economy.
D
Entrepreneurs are encouraged to take risks.
E
Prices and wages are set by the government.
F
Businesses are free to follow their own best interests.
G
A single authoritarian party holds complete power.
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Read the description of an economic system in an imaginary country. The national government built all the transportation systems. The government determines where the train will go and how much each trip will cost. All people who work on the train system [mechanics, drivers, ticket sales, or cleaners] are employed and paid by the national government. All citizens of this country "share" ownership of the train system.

A
The people control the means of production.
B
The government makes the economic decisions.
C
The economy operates on prioritizing the individual.
D
The law of supply and demand controls the economy.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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What does the name “New Harmony” suggest about the goals of the community’s founder?

A
It suggests that people who lived in the community would not have to work.
B
It suggests that the founder saw the community as a place of cooperation.
C
It suggests that the founder wanted people to compete for financial rewards.
D
It suggests that community members would be required to study music.
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Which of these were problems in the Industrial Age? Choose four answers.

A
high poverty rates
B
the influence of unions
C
poor working conditions
D
crowded cities
E
growing inequality
F
overly generous welfare benefits
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A
capitalism
B
utopianism
C
communism
D
mysticism
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Marx and Engels believed that a communist revolution would defeat capitalism and that the revolution would be led by

A
the bourgeoisie.
B
entrepreneurs.
C
factory owners.
D
the working class.
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Marx and Engels believed the Industrial Revolution had separated people into two separate classes: the bourgeoisie and the

A
utopians
B
proletariat
C
appendages
D
capitalists
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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.

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