Chapter 4 Test Flashcards
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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
Crimean War
- Russia wanted to expand power to power to the Balkans in Ottoman territory
- Would allow Russia to sail through the straits between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, known as the Dardanelles
- Would allow Russia to have major control and challenge the British Navy
- Once Russia invaded Turkish Balkan (1853), Ottomans declared war on Russia, then the British and French declared war on Russia
- Austria and Prussia did not get involved
- In 1856 they signed the peace treaty
Realpolitik
The “politics of reality”