Social Changes of the Industrial Revolution

Socialism

Any of a number of economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership of the means of production of goods.

Factory workers had their grievances heard through a process called:

Collective bargaining

How would you explain the interdependence of present-day nations on each other for trade and commerce?

Each nation has certain products it can produce so they trade those products for the products their nation needs.

Karl Marx endorsed a laissez-faire policy in economics.

False

Collective bargaining

Negotiations between an employer and union representatives concerning wages, hours, and working conditions.

Compensation

Payment to an unemployed or injured worker or his family.

Tariff

Taxes on imported goods.

Bourgeoisie

The middle class, especially those having views influenced by private-property interest.

Laissez-faire

The policy opposing government intervention in economics.

Proletariat

The poorest of working people in society. According to Marxist theory, it is the social class of industrial workers who must earn their living by selling their labor.

Better communication and cheaper transportation both contributed to wider distrubution of goods.

True

Dickens wrote about deplorable factory conditions in England.

True

Employers lost money during strikes even though workers were not paid during strikes.

True

The Industrial Revolution raised the world's standard of living.

True

Unemployment was feared by early laborers.

True

Unions organized and represented laborers in demanding increases in factory pay.

True

Factors giving rise to the theories of Marx included:

abuses dealt to the working class, poor conditions under which laborers lived and worked, employers taking advantage of employees, lack of profits given employees.

Trade was so poor during the Middle Ages because:

bandits were abundant on land and sea, making trade difficult and unprofitable there were high taxes charged to use roads

Problems facing tenement dwellers included:

cramped quarters, poor sanitary conditions, crime and immorality, poor housing.

_______ made land travel quicker, safer, more enjoyable _____ made distribution cheaper and easier, eliminated delays between water routes _____ quickened distrubution, lowered transportation costs on water ______ made distrubution quicker, cheaper, and easier on land

crushed rock roads canals steamboats steam locomotives

Nations ______ surplus goods in order ________ needed products and materials.

export import

Factors luring rural families to the city included:

higher wages, better life style, variety of entertainment.

Communists:

support a type of socialism, believe that the working class would overcome through force, seek to set up a future ideal socialist government.

Taxes placed on imported goods to raise their prices are called _______.

tariffs