Deck 18: A: Revolutions of Industrialization 1750-1914

Question 1

Which source does not see revolution as essential to the realization of socialist aims?

A) Source 17.1
B) Source 17.2
C) Source 17.3
D) Source 17.4

Answer 1

Source 17.2

Question 2

The following quote can be found in Source 17.1 in the textbook: "These laborers,who must sell themselves piecemeal,are a commodity,like every other article of commerce,and are consequently exposed to all the vicissitudes of competition,to all the fluctuations of the market." What special term do Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels use to describe this group?

A) The bourgeoisie
B) The proletariat
C) The capitalists
D) The caudillos

Answer 2

The proletariat

Question 3

Which of the following does Lenin call for in Source 17.4?

A) The mobilization of the working class into trade unions
B) The extension of the right to vote to women of all classes
C) The creation of a group of professional revolutionaries
D) The drafting of legislation to improve working conditions

Answer 3

The creation of a group of professional revolutionaries

Question 4

According to Clara Zetkin in Source 17.3,what does the socialist movement identify as essential to women's emancipation?

A) A class war in which the exploited overthrow those who exploit them
B) Unity with the bourgeois women's rights movement to win suffrage
C) Recognition that women of all social classes share common interests
D) Destruction of the patriarchal system that oppresses women of all classes

Question 5

Which of the following reflects an assumption that Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels made in Source 17.1 that Eduard Bernstein challenges in Source 17.2?

A) The gradual democratization of political systems will enable worker interests to be addressed,thereby diminishing if not altogether eliminating the possibility of revolution.
B) The political and economic interests of workers can only be protected when the right to private property is protected by a government committed to eliminating socialism.
C) The Industrial Revolution has significantly improved the lives of the working class,brought about greater equality between social classes,and weakened communism.
D) The capitalist system generates a class struggle between a small bourgeoisie and a large proletariat that will inevitably lead to proletariat revolution and the collapse of capitalism.