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History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- What metal was needed for steam engines?
- Who was the person who improved Newcomen's steam engine making it practical for widespread use?
- Who created the machine (Power Loom) that could weave as much cloth as 200 hand-loom operators?
- Who produced the first successful steam engine but it was too expensive to operate?
- Who wrote the Communist Manifesto and is considered a key figure in the communist world?
- How many natural laws in economics did Adam Smith discuss in the Wealth of Nations?
- In socialism, who owns the means of production?
- According to Karl Marx, who creates wealth?
- All of the following were how wages were determined in the factory system:
- What was the first Factory Act that was actually enforced?
- What act put a limit on a certain # of hours women and children could work?
- What is the ability to make/sell products, to compete in the marketplace, and reaping rewards?
- What was the negotiation of contracts to protect workers & business still be profitable called?
- What were the 2 main occupations for women moved to the city at the start of industrialization?
- True or False: In socialism, the goal was to abandon profit motive and competition.
- Which of following is where large corporations merge together to control entire industries?
- True or False: The alternating period of prosperity and decline is called the business cycle.
- What is the law affecting free enterprise that wanted happiness for the greatest # of people?
- True or False: After the Industrial Revolution, industrial capitalism was in place.
- True or False: The 2 things workers most often asked for in strikes: higher wages & better working conditions.