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Reading Quiz: Chapter 23, Factory primary source documents (Elizabeth Bentley, William Harter), and the Communist Manifesto

Directions: In complete sentences, answer the following questions covering chapter 23 and the related primary source documents.

Question 1: The Industrial Revolution was a set or _______, ______, and _______ events that led to the creation of an industrial economy.

1. Social, economic, and political

2. Demographic, technological, economic

3. Military, trade, and transportation

Question 2: In your own words, and in complete sentences, define the following terms:

1. Urbanization

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1. Mechanization

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1. Industrialization

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Question 3: List two different groups of people that were exploited as new sources of labor during the 1800s?

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2. __________________________________________________________

Question 4: Which of the following was a problem that the 19th century working class faced?

1. Financial hardships

2. Filthy and cramped living quarters

3. Limited educational opportunities

4. All of the above

Question 5: Long work days and poor working conditions accompanied the rise of factories. Imposing restrictions on work hours and improving working conditions impacted both the workers and the factory owners. In the factory primary source documents, this issue is discussed from two different perspectives: that of a factory worker (Elizabeth Bentley) and a factory owner (William Harter).

1. In the Elizabeth Bentley testimony, how does she describe the conditions of the factory? Would she have been in favor of restrictions on the number of hours she could work? Why or why not?

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1. In the William Harter testimony, what is his main argument concerning reducing the number of hours his workers can work? Why?

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1. How would Elizabeth Bentley respond to William Harter’s testimony? How would William Harter respond to Elizabeth Bentley’s testimony?

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Question 6: The Communist Manifesto (Marx and Engels, 1848) discusses two main classes of people: the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. In your own words, define/describe these two classes of people.

1. Bourgeoisie_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Proletariat_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Question 7: Below is a quote from the Communist Manifesto:

“All previous historical movements were movements of minorities, or in the interest of minorities. The proletarian movement is the self-conscious, independent movement of the immense majority, in the interest of the immense majority. The proletariat, the lowest stratum of our present society, cannot stir, cannot raise itself up, without the whole superincumbent strata of official society being sprung into the air.”

What does the above passage mean?

1. That the proletariat uniting is only important for the proletariat.

2. That the proletariat needs to unite in order to abolish classes/class systems.

3. That the proletariat movement is a waste of time.

Question 8: From the assigned excerpt of the Communist Manifesto, what is one argument or passage that stood out? Why?

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