Question

The book Looking Backward by author Edward Bellamy inspired which of the following?

• A. a surge in utopian novels in the late 1800s
• B. increased antislavery sentiment in the mid- 1800s
• C. fear of investing in the stock market in the 1930s
• D. widespread criticism of the Progressive political platform in the 1920s
• E. the development of the Granger movement

Answer 1

The correct option is A a surge in utopian novels in the late 1800s

Looking Backward: 2000–1887 is a Utopian science fiction novel by Edward Bellamy, a journalist and writer. It was first published in 1888.

It influenced a large number of intellectuals, and appears by title in many of the major Marxist writings of the day. "It is one of the few books ever published that created almost immediately on its appearance a political mass movement".

In the United States alone, over 162 "Bellamy Clubs" sprang up to discuss and propagate the book's ideas. The novel also inspired several Utopian communities.