Question

Karl Marx wrote in the Communist Manifesto that “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” Analyze the quote and select the statement about events in France during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that best supports this argument.(1 point) Responses Conservatives supported the Bourbon Restoration. Conservatives supported the Bourbon Restoration. Napoleon was defeated by the British at the Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon was defeated by the British at the Battle of Waterloo. Women led a march on the Palace of Versailles to demand cheaper bread prices. Women led a march on the Palace of Versailles to demand cheaper bread prices. The Second French Republic granted universal suffrage to all men.

Answer 1

The statement that best supports Karl Marx's argument about class struggles in history is: "Women led a march on the Palace of Versailles to demand cheaper bread prices." This event in France during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries shows how different social classes, in this case women who were struggling with poverty and hunger, were engaging in a class struggle against the monarchy and the ruling elite for economic equality and social justice.