AP World History: Modern / Unit 5: Revolutions (c. 1750–1900)
5.8 Reactions to the Industrial Economy from 1750 to 1900
Notes
Workers formed unions and went on strike. Karl Marx (The Communist Manifesto, 1848) called for workers' revolution. Reform movements pushed labor laws. Some states resisted reform (Ottoman Tanzimat reforms, China's Self-Strengthening Movement).
Practice
The Communist Manifesto argued that:
Marx and Engels.
Labor unions formed to:
Collective bargaining.
China's Self-Strengthening Movement tried to:
Limited reform.
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