1. Student__________________________________class____date________
Ryan’s WHistory Ch 13.5
Terms:
>means of production (372)
>common good
>socialism (372)
>utopian socialists (373)
>proletariat (374)
>authoritarian
>communism (374)
>democratic socialism (375)
Use the following items to complete the diagram below:
Government owns the means of production
Dictatorship of the proletariat
Redistribution of wealth
The people own the means of production
“From each according to his abilities to each according to his needs.”
Classless society
Private property allowed.
SOCIALISM COMMUNISM

2. Mark each statement T if it is true or F if it is false. Correct any FALSE statements.
_____ Socialism arose because of what some saw as an unequal distribution of
wealth in society.
__________________________________________________________________
_____ Utopian socialists believed that an armed struggle was needed to create a
socialist society.
__________________________________________________________________
_____ The British reformer Robert Owen tried to establish socialist-style
communities in the United States.
__________________________________________________________________
_____ Owen spent his personal money to build homes and schools for his workers
and to improve their lives.
__________________________________________________________________
_____ Karl Marx believed that the entire capitalist system had to be destroyed.
__________________________________________________________________
_____ Marx believed that all wealth was created by workers, not by business
owners.
__________________________________________________________________
_____ All socialists, even democratic socialists, believed that governments must be
overthrown by revolution.
__________________________________________________________________
_____ Marx’s Second International was torn apart by disagreements between
radical and moderate elements within it.
__________________________________________________________________
_____ Socialists believed that laissez-faire capitalism was unfair because
businesses wanted to make profits.
__________________________________________________________________
_____ Utopian socialists believed that everyone could work for the common good.
__________________________________________________________________
_____ Marx and Engels’ form of socialism claimed that people and government
should share power.
__________________________________________________________________