Author Question: The statement, For many . . . the industrial revolution and its appetite for cotton was a curse, not ... (Read 100 times)

strangeaffliction · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The statement, For many . . . the industrial revolution and its appetite for cotton was a curse, not a blessing refers to what group of people?

a. Textile workers in English mills.
b. Peasants in India raising cotton for the global market.
c. English families being paid starvation wages for working in the putting out system.
d. Slaves or exploited peasants in Egypt, America, and India.
e. English cotton merchants.

Question 2

Although considered a time of liberalism, many liberals still believed in

a. maintaining an aristocracy.
b. allowing only business owners to participate in political life.
c. having kings who ruled by divine right.
d. making education a requirement for political participation.
e. limiting political participation to the middle class.