WORLD HISTORY

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND ITS IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the name for the working class during the Industrial Revolution?
A
darwinist
B
proletariat
C
communist
D
dynamo
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the theory of Karl Marx, the term proletariat designated the class of wage workers who were engaged in industrial production and whose chief source of income was derived from the sale of their labour power.

Detailed explanation-2: -Karl Marx described the working class as the “proletariat", and that it was the working class who ultimately created the goods and provided the services that created a society’s wealth. Marxists and socialists define the working class as those who have nothing to sell but their labor-power and skills.

Detailed explanation-3: -German social scientist Karl Marx described industrial capitalism in great detail. He provided his understanding of the means of production, capital and wage labor. He also coined the term proletariat to describe the entire class of wage workers who can only earn money by selling their labor.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is considered the working class? They are also known as the laboring class or proletariat. In other words, they are a social class composed of people engaged in manual labor or physical work. They generally get their income in the form of hourly wages.

Detailed explanation-5: -The concept of a revolutionary proletariat was first put forward by the French revolutionary socialist and radical Auguste Blanqui.

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