Test Questions:

1. (How would a socialist  answer this question?) What were the causes of the Industrial Revolution in England?

2. (How would a classical liberal answer this question?) How did innovations in technology and business practice revolutionize the production and marketing of goods? How were these innovations financed?

3. (How would a radical liberal answer this question?) What impact did the new economy have on the lives (job security, work conditions, housing, health) of English workers? Did Adam Smith's "invisible hand" create a just society?

4. (How would a socialist answer this question?) How did England avoid a workers' revolution? What did workers do to exert pressure on the factory owners and the government in order that have their grievances heard? What political and legislative changes resulted from this debate?

5. (How would a classical liberal answer this question?) How was the ideological debate about the problem of urban poverty reflected in the popular culture of late 19thc.  England?