Socialism and Communism Assignment and Quiz

The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionary re-constitution of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending classes. . . . The modern bourgeois society that has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society has not done away with class antagonisms. It has but established new classes, new conditions of oppression, new forms of struggle in place of the old ones. . . . Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps, into two great classes, directly facing each other: Bourgeoisie and Proletariat. -The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848 What effect do the authors imply will result from modern class struggles?

Conflict and revolution will restructure society.

The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionary re-constitution of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending classes. . . . The modern bourgeois society that has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society has not done away with class antagonisms. It has but established new classes, new conditions of oppression, new forms of struggle in place of the old ones. . . . Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps, into two great classes, directly facing each other: Bourgeoisie and Proletariat. -The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848 According to Marx and Engels, what are the effects of industrialization? Check all that apply.

the growth of hostility between classes increased oppression the creation of a modern bourgeois society

Marx and Engels believed that a communist revolution would defeat capitalism and that the revolution would be led by

the working class.

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! What is the best meaning of "The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains"?

Workers are so oppressed that they should revolt.

What does the name "New Harmony" suggest about the goals of the community's founder?

It suggests that the founder saw the community as a place of cooperation.

Which statement is characteristic of a communist system? Check all that apply.

The government controls the means of production. The government regulates a centrally planned economy. Prices and wages are set by the government. A single authoritarian party holds complete power.

Read the description of an imaginary country's economic system. In this country, the government tells an appliance factory that it must produce a minimum of one thousand refrigerators. People are assigned jobs at the factory based on their abilities, and the government determines how much they will be paid. The government decides how much a new refrigerator will cost. Which statement explains why this is a description of a socialist country?

The government is making all the economic decisions.

Read the excerpt from The Communist Manifesto. The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. According to this passage, with which statement would the authors most likely have agreed?

Violence is necessary to do away with the capitalist system.

The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionary re-constitution of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending classes. . . . The modern bourgeois society that has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society has not done away with class antagonisms. It has but established new classes, new conditions of oppression, new forms of struggle in place of the old ones. . . . Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps, into two great classes, directly facing each other: Bourgeoisie and Proletariat. -The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848 The central idea of this passage is that history is best described as

a conflict between the rich and the poor that continues today.

As a result of the problems of the Industrial Age, some influential reformers called for

a new economic system.

The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working Men of All Countries, Unite! -The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848 What action do the authors suggest that workers should take to improve their conditions?

band together and revolt against their governments

A political-economic system that generally includes an authoritarian government: An economy that depends on strong entrepreneurship and capital investment by individuals: A centrally planned economy: A system where prices and wages are set by supply and demand:

communism capitalism socialism capitalism

Marx and Engels believed the Industrial Revolution had separated people into two separate classes: the bourgeoisie and the __________

proletariat

The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionary re-constitution of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending classes. . . . The modern bourgeois society that has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society has not done away with class antagonisms. It has but established new classes, new conditions of oppression, new forms of struggle in place of the old ones. . . . Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps, into two great classes, directly facing each other: Bourgeoisie and Proletariat. -The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848 In this passage, the authors imply that the proletariat have the same role in society as which other classes in history? Check all that apply.

slaves plebians serfs

Utopianism is a type of ______

socialism

Under socialism, prices and wages are set by

the government.

According to Marx and Engels, who will lead the communist revolution?

the proletariat