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Subversion- The act of or idea of overthrowing the government

Dialectic- discussing opinions of others


Bourgeoisie- the upper class people that owned factories
Proletariat- industrial workers that were exploited according to Marx
International Workingmen's Association a group that sought to bring together all lower class
people together
1.
According to Marx, what was the essential force that drives history?
The physical and human factor that drive human history.
2. Who were the exploited group in society according to Marx and why were they exploited?
The Proletariat were exploited because they would be forced to work more for less because they
have to be able to live
3. What did he believe would resolve this issue of exploitation?
A revolution would have to take place in order to end the exploitation of the workers.
4. Marx died well before the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Would he have believed that the
Bolsheviks were proof of his belief that the workers would unite? Why or why not.
In the beginning of the party, he would have believed that it did work. However, as time passed,
he would have view his ideas as not his own and discredit them.

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