History quiz

Exercises on Luddism - with feedback

Question 01 - UNIFENAS-2019/1 - The first protests by workers aimed to destroy the machines in the factories. Dissatisfied with the working conditions, the protesters broke the machines trying to stop production. One of the best known episodes occurred in April 1812, when more than fifty workers invaded a factory and destroyed much of the equipment. Thirteen participants were identified, arrested, sentenced to death and executed. (Patrícia Ramos Braick, historian). On the resistance movements of workers in the context of the Industrial Revolution, the text makes reference to a) anarchists. b) trade unionists. c) communists. d) luddites. e) terrorists.
Question 02 - Bombinhas City Hall - SC - 2018 - Bombinhas City Hall - SC - One of the effects of the Industrial Revolution was the replacement of human labor, very common in large factories, with the use of machines, which later resulted in high unemployment rates in cities. Revolted by this situation, a group of workers led in England in the years 1811 and 1812 a movement to break machines. This specific movement became known as:a) Workers' Revolt; b) Luddism; c) The Battle of the Workers;d) Mudismo;
Question 03 - FURB - 2019 - Timbó City Hall - SC - It is the name given to a movement that took place in England between 1811 and 1812. Formed by some industrial workers, who were against the technological advances in progress, their main objective was to protest against the replacement of human labor by machines. Their actions involved breaking into factories, causing the destruction of all equipment that they believed took their jobs. They were remembered as "the machine breakers". The above paragraph refers to:(A) The Chartist Movement. (B) The Luddite Movement. (C) The Anarchist Movement.(D) The Socialist International.(E) The “Break Factory” Movement.
Question 04 - Souza Marques 2000 - "The English workers' movement of protest, which developed at the beginning of the 19th century through the destruction of some types of industrial machines, sought to achieve wage improvements and stop the complete mechanization of the textile production cycle."(Norberto Bobbio et al. In the text above, the following is correctly characterized:(A) Luddism. (B) Chartism. (C) anarchism. (D) syndicalism. (E) anarcho-syndicalism.
Question 05 - FCC - 2018 - TRT - 15th Region (SP) - The Luddite movement that stirred the working class and factory environment in England was characterized by a set of contestation actions, among which stands out (A) the organization of factory occupations, aiming to expropriate them from the capitalist owners. (B) the outbreak of strikes and riots in alliance with the peasants, against the monarchy. (C) the systematic burning of factories, considered obsolete and responsible for accidents at work. (D) the formation of a workers' party to fight for the right to vote in elections parliamentarians.(And) the destruction of factory machines, considered responsible for the unemployment of manual workers.
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