5.1 quiz Flashcards
What was the enlightenment?
the shift from traditional values to knowledge and reason and individualism over community values
3 ideals of enlightenment
freedom
individualism
self determination
- incident in France where a Jewish captain was tried and falsely convicted of treason against the french government
- illustrated a widespread of anti-antisemitism in France
Dreyus Affair
A belief in traditional institutions
favors reliance on practical experience over ideological theories such as that of human perfectibility.
resisted the enlightenment
Conservatism
Austrian journalist and Zionist
formed the world Zionist organization in 1897
promoted Jewish migration to Palestine and formation of a Jew state
Theodor Herzl
A system of public or direct worker ownership in the means of production such as the mills to make cloth or machinery and land needed to mine coal
Socialism
An agreement between the people and the government, signifying their consent to be governed
Social Contract
Socialist group that promoted change through legal means
Fabian Society
Utopian socialist who believed in harmonious communities. identified 810 passion that stated that workers would benefit from an be less tired
Charles Fouier
John Locke’s concept of the mind as a “blank slate”, waiting to be filed with knowledge
emphasized the impact of environment and education which was radicalized at the time
Tabula Rasa
Advocated for civil liberties, particularly freedom of religion, Judaical reforms and freedom of speech
Wrote the candidate
Francois Voltaire
Wrote about the need for separation of powers and the need for checks and balances within the government
wrote the spirit of laws
Baron Montesquieu
economic and political system where the countries trade and industry are controlled by profit rather than the state
Capitalism
Expanded on the idea of the social contract presented the concept of the general world population, and obliged a sovereign to carry out the general will
Wrote Social Contract
Jean Jacques Rousseau
wrote common sense
seeking to convince colonists to revolt against great Britain
deist who wrote against the church
Thomas Paine