Chapter 4 Test Flashcards
Conservatism
- The belief of sticking to tradition
- Against drastic change
Liberalism
- The belief that people should have more of a voice in the government
- More equality, rights, freedoms
- Change
Nationalism
-The belief that common culture, history, language, should be contained in one common nation
Socialism
The belief that production, distribution, and exchange should be regulated by the government as a whole to help the working classes
Bourgeois
Middle class, the oppressors, the haves
Proletariat
Working class, the oppressed, the have nots
Adam Smith
- Wrote “The Wealth of Nations”
- Considered father of Laissez-faire Capitalism
- Believed government shouldn’t intervene with the industrial revolution–should just let it happen
- Believes individuals operate best in the market when they are free to pursue their own interests–market operates best
- Supply and demand will always lead to a balanced equilibrium
- Profits and wages are determined by supply and demand
- Profit is the motive
Thomas Malthus
- Discovered human population will always grow to meet and exceed food supply
- Disease, famine, and war bring human population into balance
- Advocates family planning–encourage fewer children
- Believed government shouldn’t intervene with the industrial revolution–should just let it happen
David Ricardo
-Believed government shouldn’t intervene with the industrial revolution–should just let it happen
-Iron Law of Wages: because the poor are reproducing faster than available jobs, wages will always be low for unskilled jobs, which are the jobs the poor seem to be taking
-Advocates forced family planning–poor people
Sterilization, forced birth control
Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill
- Ulitarianism
- Advocate that laws should only be made if they benefit a majority of people and have practical utility
- Support female equality and abolition of slavery
Robert Owen
- Utopian
- Believes wealthy industrialists should assist and help the working classes directly
- Creates a perfect factory community for his workers
- Cheap housing, free medical care, free day care, cheap entertainment, schools, etc.
Charles Fourier
- Socialist
- Argues the government should regulate or control the factors of (which is land, labour, capital) in order to assist and help the working class
- Pass regulations, tax business, minimum wages, laws about health/sanitation/work hours
Karl Marx
-Wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848 with Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels
-Wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848 with Karl Marx
Laissez-faire Capitalism
-The idea that the government shouldn’t get itself involved with the industrial revolution
Universal Suffrage
The right of all men to vote in the election
Radical
Relating to a political group associated with views, practices, and policies of extreme change
Camillo di Cavour
- Named Prime Minister of Piedmont in 1852
- Wanted unification for Italy
- Pursued a policy of economic growth to equip his large army
Militarism
The reliance on military strength
Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Became a military leader starting in Southern Italy
- Wanted unification for Italy
- Raised an army of over 1,000 volunteers
- Marched army up Italian Peninsula
- Turned all conquests over to Cavour for the unification of Italy
Otto von Bismarck
- Was appointed Prime Minister of Prussia by King of Prussia William I in 1860s
- Seen as practitioner of realpolitik
- Ignored legislative opposition to military reforms
- Governed Prussia without parliament’s approval
- 1864: Under Bismarck, Prussia defeated Denmark
- 1866: Under Bismarck, Prussia defeated Austria
- Was known for making allies turn against him do to his incessant nagging leading the allies to get annoyed and declare on Prussia
Kaiser
German for caesar or emperor