Quiz for Document 20-5: Robert Owen, A New View of Society (1813)

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   In Robert Owen’s view, what was most important in shaping the character of a person?

   A.

   Education and environment

   B.

   Genetic inheritance

   C.

   Innate personal traits

   D.

   Social class

   In Robert Owen’s view, what was most important in shaping the character of a person?

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   Robert Owen believed education would instill in children

   A.

   a rational understanding of the world.

   B.

   piety, morality, and discipline.

   C.

   individuality and an entrepreneurial spirit.

   D.

   compassion and a desire to eliminate ignorance and human misery.

   Robert Owen believed education would instill in children

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   Why was Owen opposed to child labor?

   A.

   Because children were not accustomed to factory work and made too many mistakes

   B.

   Because the long workday stunted their physical growth and left little time for schooling

   C.

   Because children were undisciplined and often ran away

   D.

   Because he believed it immoral to employ children

   Why was Owen opposed to child labor?

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   Owen believed the primary purpose of education for working-class children was

   A.

   to instruct them in basic literacy skills so they could read the Bible for themselves.

   B.

   to teach them basic skills that would prepare them for employment.

   C.

   to train them in the social skills appropriate to their class.

   D.

   to prepare them for better jobs at higher wages.

   Owen believed the primary purpose of education for working-class children was