What is the factory system?

working a certain amount of hours for a fixed pay

less money in the economy, less production in the economy, need for workers is low

People's partial control by voting for leaders

switching crops from year to year

complete control over production of a good or service

fencing in public land into individual plots

world contained only a fixed amount of wealth

association that pays workers when they're on strike, association that protects workers

What was the Industrial Revolution?

Era of rapid industrial development

alternating periods of prosperity and decline

combined businesses to control a single product or service

groups of businesses where people could buy stock

producing large numbers of identical products

prices affected by amount of goods

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What is the factory system?
working for minimum wage
working in agriculture
working in Great Britain
working a certain amount of hours for a fixed pay
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depression
less money in the economy
when the workers are sad
less production in the economy
need for workers is low
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Karl Marx
Father of religion
Father of communism
Father of socialism
Father of factories
4
What is mechanization?
Working in the factory
automatic machinery
Being a mechanic
Fixing things
5
Karl Marx supported capitalism
False
True
6
What did Robert Fulton invent?
steam engine
coal plant
steam boat
steam power
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democratic socialism
authoritarian socialism
People's partial control by voting for leaders
authoritarian capitalism
People's partial control by voting for bosses
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crop rotation
taking two years off from planting
switching crops from year to year
planting crops in a circle
planting the same crop from year to year
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monopoly
producing a large number of identical products
combined businesses to control a single product or service
complete control over production of a good or service
board game
10
enclosure movement
fencing in public land into individual plots
process that makes rubber less sticky
Switching crops from year to year
sharing farmland
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merchantilism
prices and products
competing in business
world contained only a fixed amount of wealth
automatic machinery
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capitalism
privately owned and operated
government owned and operated
groups of businesses
government departments
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collective bargaining is when employers and employees negotiate
False
True
14
unions
association that helps workers quit
association that pays workers when they're on strike
association that protects workers
association that fires workers
15
Friedrich Engels helped write the Communist Manifesto.
False
True
16
What did Eli Whitney invent?
steamboat
cotton gin
modern steam engine
seed drill
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What was the Industrial Revolution?
Beginning of 20th century
Era of rapid industrial development
End of the dark ages
Production of crops
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Which of the following did Henry Ford utilize?
assembly line
coal
mass production
steam
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The Industrial Revolution took place in the 1500's
False
True
20
How did democratic socialism differ from communism?
There's inequality
People have partial power
People live in a republic
Government has total power
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Laissez-faire is when the government steps in to regulate businesses
True
False
22
proletariat
upper class
government workers
working class
business owners
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Charles Dickens is an example of a(n)
actor
minister
utilitarian
humanitarian
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According to Karl Marx, what causes conflict within a society?
authoritarian socialism
inequality
Mean bosses
Factors of production
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communism
government running bureaus
Authoritarian capitalism
Authoritarian socialism
governments joining together
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business cycle
prosperity
alternating periods of prosperity and decline
a circular pattern of production
depression
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The proletariat could also be referred to as the bourgeoisie.
False
True
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cartels
combined businesses to control a single product or service
shabby apartments
groups of businesses competing
prosperity and decline
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What are the factors of production?
land, factory, government
land, workers, crops
land, labor, capital
land, labor, crops
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corporations
factories owned by the government
producing and manufacturing goods
groups of businesses where people could buy stock
small businesses
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What did J.P. Morgan found?
capitalism
Ford Motors
US Steel
Bank of America
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What did James Watt invent?
steam boat
cotton gin
steam
steam engine
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strike
workers refusing to work
workers working night shift
workers working overtime
workers quitting their jobs
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tenements
shabby restaurants
shabby factories
shabby dogs
shabby apartments
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mass production
Producing high quality products
producing large numbers of identical products
factories making cheap products
Producing large numbers of many products
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What is socialism?
Government-ran economy
Privately owned business
Great Britain's economy
United States' economy
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supply and demand
depression
competition
goods and services
prices affected by amount of goods
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Capitalism is government-ran
False
True
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Who wrote "A Christmas Carol"?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hemingway
Frost
Dickens
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The United States of America has a socialist economic system.
False
True
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The United States has a socialist economic system
False
True

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