“Short-term misery, long-term gain.” Is this a good capsule summary of the effects of industrialization? Was the brutal treatment and misery of the workers justified by eventual improvement in wages and purchasing power, or were the benefits outweighed by the ruin of petty craftsmen, loss of rural community life, and dehumanizing factory routine? Consider whether industrialization could have
occurred in a slower, less disruptive and more humane manner—if, for example, medieval communitarian society with its strong guilds and sense of social justice had survived.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: The essay requires considerable reflection and consistent fact-based arguments.
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A. The British abrogated their trade agreements with the Cherokees. B. Both colonies had been capturing and enslaving Cherokees. C. The Cherokees were angry about British atrocities and realized that they would no longer be able to force concessions from the British by threatening to ally with France or Spain. D. The governors of both colonies had declared war against the Cherokees.
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A. Regulatory agencies were staffed with businessman with protective attitudes. B. Higher corporate revenues provided the tax income for an increasing federal budget. C. Industrialists won several Senate seats and numerous House of Representatives seats. D. A laissez-faire economy required intentionally pro-business stances.
The PLO uprising against Israel in the 1980s and again in the late 1990s is referred to as the
a. intifada. b. hajj. c. jihad. d. hegira. e. sakat.
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a. John Quincy Adams won the election on popular votes. b. Henry Clay was made secretary of state. c. John Quincy Adams became president d. Andrew Jackson won a majority of electoral votes.