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Week 2: Socialism and Workers' Parties Answers

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Which of these beliefs did the majority of Americans hold at the end of the 1800s?

A
Socialism and Marxism were the best way to reach economic prosperity.
B
Democracy and capitalism were the best way to reach economic prosperity.
C
Socialism and capitalism were the best way to reach economic prosperity.
D
Capitalism and Marxism were the best way to reach economic prosperity.
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What was a principle of Marxism that American capitalists opposed?

A
rule by the working class
B
support of free-market economics
C
support of supply-and-demand economics
D
rule by business owners
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Democratic socialism in the United States was a failed attempt to inject

A
socialist ideals into a democratic system.
B
free-market ideals into a socialist system.
C
proletariat ideals into a Marxist system.
D
Marxist ideals into a free-market system.
4

Only a minority of Americans agreed with Marx’s notion that in a class-free society there would be

A
no proletariat.
B
no socialism.
C
no war.
D
no industry.
5

Socialism as a political movement evolved in

A
the United States during the First Industrial Revolution.
B
the United States during the Second Industrial Revolution.
C
Europe during the Second Industrial Revolution.
D
Europe during the First Industrial Revolution.
6

Who was sentenced to jail in 1894 for helping to impede US mail delivery?

A
Andrew Carnegie
B
Robert Owen
C
Karl Marx
D
Eugene Debs
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In 1912, socialism reached its peak in the United States when

A
two Socialists were elected to the US House of Representatives.
B
a socialist candidate was elected president.
C
the majority of Americans expressed support for socialism.
D
the Socialist Party developed into a political force that lasted through the 1920s.
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Which of these statements is a feature of capitalism, but not of Marxism?

A
Nobody controls the means of production.
B
Workers control the means of production.
C
Business owners control the means of production.
D
The government controls the means of production.
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Which of these statements was a Marxist criticism of capitalism during the late 1800s?

A
Too little wealth was being generated by people in the United States.
B
Wealth was being distributed too unevenly in the United States.
C
Too much wealth was being created by people in the United States.
D
Wealth was being distributed too evenly in the United States.
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Which is an example of a socialist principle?

A
the importance of maintaining three economic classes
B
the importance of creating a society without an economy
C
the importance of having little or no gap between the classes
D
the importance of establishing the private control of property

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