End Of The Chapter Flashcards
What are the two types of freedom, what do they mean
“Freedom from” - working class definition - freedom from want, from fear
“Freedom to” - ruling class definition - freedom to exploit human and natural resources as they see fit
Plutocracy
What is it a threat to
Rule by the rich
Direct threat to democracy
Intellectual history
History of ideas, beliefs lead to behaviors
Zeitgeist
The “spirit of the times” in which people live
Who created social Darwinism
Sumner and Spencer
What is social Darwinism
Human society is “survival of the fittest”
Rich = fittest
Poor = unfit
Structural poverty
Poverty is built into the structure of the system
Carnegie writes an essay called
The gospel of wealth
What is the gospel of wealth about
What the rich owe to the working class/poor
Carnegie agrees with social Darwinism mostly except that
Rich should not help the poor
The rich “private charity” to get the government to stay out of
How is this useful for the rich
Poverty programs
Fighting off taxes
Ida B Wells
Black woman, lives in the south
Anti-lynching human rights advocate
Ida B Wells spoke out about fear of Miscegenation, which is
Racial mixing
