APE HISTORY – THE ERA OF REVOLUTIONS
THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
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1. Research the lives of Marx and Engels to explain what might have motivated each of them to
write The Communist Manifesto?
2. Explain the authors’ views on class struggle.
3. Analyze whether the authors argued that the bourgeoisie created capitalism or that capitalism
created the bourgeoisie.
4. List and explain the core beliefs of communists as set forth by the authors.
5. Describe the types of false communism or socialism discussed. Why are they “false”?
6. Why, according to the authors, was violent revolution necessary to bring about communism?
7. Marx once posited that in only two industrialized nations were democratic institutions so
firmly entrenched that a transition to socialism might be peacefully achieved: The Netherlands
and the United States. Do you agree? What explains why neither nation saw this transition?
8. What explains why it took over half a century from the publishing of the Manifesto for
Marxism to succeed in overthrowing a national government?
9. In a post-Cold War world, what relevance does the Manifesto and Marxism still hold?
10. Draft 3 thoughtful, open ended discussion questions for use in the roundtable.