Chapter 17: Considering the Evidence Documents Quiz

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1. According to the mill owner William Harter, what about the ten hour work day bill would hurt his business?

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Correct. The answer is b. To make a return on his capital outlay in physical plant he needed his machines operating for as many hours a day as possible.
Incorrect. The answer is b. To make a return on his capital outlay in physical plant he needed his machines operating for as many hours a day as possible.

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2. What about the traditional lives of artisan weavers does the following verse lament the loss of in the new industrial economy?
“Political economy now must sway/ And say when a man shall work and play.”

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Correct. The answer is b. Artisans could choose when and for how long they worked, but factory production required workers to define their work days around the needs of machines and production line work.
Incorrect. The answer is b. Artisans could choose when and for how long they worked, but factory production required workers to define their work days around the needs of machines and production line work.

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3. Which assertion in Samuel Smiles's “Thrift” (Document 17.3) would Elizabeth Bentley from “Testimony” (Document 17.1) likely agree with?

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Correct. The answer is a. Both Bentley and Smiles agree that greedy factory owners were a problem for society.
Incorrect. The answer is a. Both Bentley and Smiles agree that greedy factory owners were a problem for society.

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4. The following statement reflects which thinker's understanding of the iniquities in industrialized societes?
“Much of the existing misery is caused by selfishness—by the greed to accumulate wealth on the one hand, and improvidence on the other.”

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Correct. The answer is d. Sam Smiles blamed both greedy factory owners and base uncivilized workers.
Incorrect. The answer is d. Sam Smiles blamed both greedy factory owners and base uncivilized workers.

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5. Who credited capitalism with rescuing "a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life"?

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Correct. The answer is d. While Marx and Engels envisioned the overthrow of capitalist factory owners by their workers, they did not reject all aspects of the new industrial society that capitalists had constructed.
Incorrect. The answer is d. While Marx and Engels envisioned the overthrow of capitalist factory owners by their workers, they did not reject all aspects of the new industrial society that capitalists had constructed.