Imperialism Webquest

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Capitalism v. Communism Categorization Project

Background:
The economic theory of Capitalism helped produce a society where the business owners (entrepreneurs or bourgeoisie) got very rich while taking advantage of the poor working class. There were many examples of worker (proletariat) abuse in the early part of the Industrial Revolution: child labor, long hours, low pay and unsafe working conditions.

Karl Marx, with Frederick Engels, created a new economic theory called Communism. It called for the violent overthrow (revolution) of the business owners (Bourgeoisie) by the working class (Proletariat). Poverty would be eliminated by sharing all of the profits equally among all the members of society.

Directions:
Your task this period is to create a Microsoft Publisher file that organizes quotes and images into two categories: Capitalist and Communist. Each step of the process is outlined in the four steps below. You need to explain why you placed at least two images and two quotes in each column.

1. Create your publisher file

Step 1: Use the image below to create the top of your project or create your own.

2. Summary textbox at the bottom of your project

Step 2: Create a summary textbox at the bottom of your project for each of the items you have included in that column. Explain why each of the items you chose (image or quote) has been placed in that category.

3. Quotes for Capitalism v. Communism categorization

Step 3. Interpret the quotes in this post. Copy and paste at least two quotes for each catgory into a textbox in the appropriate column of your project.

"From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need."

"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest."

"Let the ruling classes tremble"

"Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another."

"The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains."

"The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations"

"Workingmen of all countries, unite!"

"Laissez-Faire"

"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people."

"Proletariat"

"The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles."

"Bourgeoisie"

"Abolish all private property."

"Greed is good"

"The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed."

4. Images for Capitalism v. Communism categorization

Step 4: Interpret the images in this post. Copy and paste at least two images of each type into the appropriate column of your project. Adjust the size of the image to make sure it all fits.