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What did Thomas Hobbes think of people and how they should be involved in society

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He thought that people were born bad and are motivated by fear and violence so he thought that the people should give up their liberty to the government to guarantee safety, and the only way to go against authority is if they compromised safety

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What did John Locke think of people and how they should be involved in society

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He thought that people are responsible and logical, believed in liberalism, but gov should be there to protect freedom and private property, social contract (gov has to represent will of people)

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What did Rousseau think of people and how they should be involved in society

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man is only free when equal, democracy, people are inherently good but corrupted by society

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What did Adam Smith think of people and how they should be involved in society

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believed in capitalism and self interest, thought people were selfish and would only work for their own riches and this would benefit society as a whole (invisible hand)

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What did John Stuart Mill think of people and how they should be involved in society

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believed in individual rights and free speech as long as it doesn’t interfere on someone elses freedom

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What did Montesquieu think of people and how they should be involved in society

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Believed in separation of power, different branches of government

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Principles of individualism:

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  • Private property
  • Rule of law
  • Individual rights and freedoms
  • competition
  • economic freedom
  • self interest
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Principles of collectivism:

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  • Public property
  • Responsibility
  • Interest for the collective
  • Normes
  • Cooperation
  • Equal economy
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Line diagram for government intervention and definitions:

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  1. Communism (everything is equal- through dictatorship)
  2. Democratic socialism (equal opportunity)
  3. modern liberalism (government intervention only to keep social equality)
  4. conservatisme (conserve freedom)
  5. classical liberalism (freedom)
  6. anarchisme (no equality, no gov, no monarchy)
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Line diagram for change and definitions:

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  1. Revolutionary (immediate change brought on by violence)
  2. progressivism (slow change with reforms)
  3. moderate (open to necessary changes)
  4. conservatism (status quo and traditions)
  5. Reactionary (return to past through violent actions)
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What was the Medieval Period ?

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it started with the collapse of the roman empire which lead to the rise of the ottoman empire, church shaped society (droit divin, god chose the ruler), monarchie and aristocrats

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How did people act in the medieval period?

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They were loyal to the rulers who they believed to be chosen by god, in favour for social security, lived by collectivism

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Why did people act the way they did during the medieval period?

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The spiritual leader offered security in the afterlife, so people gave up on real life values

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What was the renaissance period?

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New art and literature were being disocvered which lead to more individualism

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what was the reforme protestant?

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it was the religious movement, people were going against the catholic church and finding their own religion

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What was l’age des lumiers?

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the start of classical liberalism, individualisme, people started breaking free from the constraints of religion

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what was the french revolution?

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It was the rise of napoleon, who went against the monarchy and ancient regime, it was a radical change, reign of terror

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What was the industrial revolution?

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it was a time with a lot of innovation with helped capitalism, and there was a lot less government intervention

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what is the concept of first nation collectivism?

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They value collaboration, and decisions as a group, they share everything

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What is hegemonie?

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It is the dominance of one country over another

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What are the three principles of mercantilism?

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Maximize exports, minimize imports, and accumulate riches

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What was the luddism movement?

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It was when people protested against industrialization because machines were taking jobs, so people were destroying the machines- it was reactionnary

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What is chartism?

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a political and social reform, a creation of the charter of the people which gave more rights such as voting

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What is socialisme?

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an ideology that supports equality for everyone, ressources to be controlled by state to benefit everyone, promotes economic equality

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What is classic conservatism?

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an ideology that wants the government to represent all, to maintain status quo and hierarchy, it supports humanitarian leaders, maintain stability

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What is the concept of Marxism/communism

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an extreme version of socialism, no gov intervention, total equality, wants workers to revolt against the owners

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What is Keynes goal in a recession

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to stimulate demand

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using keynes theory, what should the government do during a recession?

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  1. Raise gov spending
  2. Reduce taxes
  3. Reduce interest rates
  4. Print more money
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What is keynes goal during inflation?

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to reduce demand

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Using Keynes theory, what should the gov do during inflation

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  1. Raise taxes
  2. Raise interest rates
  3. Reduce gov spending
  4. print less money
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What is fiscal policy?

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Gov decisions regarding money

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What are monetary policies?

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money managed by banks (interest rates, etc)

30
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What is universal suffrage

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right to vote

31
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What was the gilded age?

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there was no gov intervention, there was an economic growth but a lot of poverty

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what is consumerism

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dispenses on products and services

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what is welfare state

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social programs payed for by the governement to ensure a good life for all

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what is a disparity

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differences between classes

35
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what was the bretton woods accords?

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it was an agreement to make all money the same

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what is the theory of trickle down economy

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when people are rich, their wealth will spread to others by the creation of jobs

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what is a monopoly

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when one company dominates a service/ product line

38
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what is stagflation

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during a period of inflation, there are periods with no growth

39
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what is after war consensus

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when govs needed to conserve britan social programs

40
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what happened during the financial crisis of 1929

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there was a long period of rising stocks and economy which lead to increased bank loans and high interest rates

41
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what were Hayeks thoughts and theories?

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he defended classical liberalism, no gov control, no rational decisions can be made through collectivism

42
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What were Friedmans thoughts and theories?

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he wanted a balance between controlled economy and free market

43
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What was Teddy Roosevelts economic theory?

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Square deal- more gov- regulations (meat inspections, destroying monopolies)

44
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What were Franklin Roosevelts ideas?

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New deal- gov intervention and social programs to help workers, relief, recovery and reform- creating projects to create jobs

45
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What was the idea of reaganomics

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building the army, spending money on defence to result in less inflation

46
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What caused the great depression?

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the stock market crashed due to credit and installememt

47
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What happened during the great depression after the market crashed

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there was a lot of unemployment and panic with everyone trying to take out money and the banks failed

48
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What was Hoovers response to the great depression?

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he avoided the actual problem and created social programs,

49
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what was the rideau de fer?

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metaphorical seperation between europe, diving communist and non communist

50
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what was the yalta conference?

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during ww2 between roosevelt, churhcill, and stalin, discussing the future of europe and division of germany

51
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marshall plan/truman doctrine

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pay to help countries get stronger to stop the spread of communism

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berlin wall

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a wall seperating berline into 2 to keep facists out

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detente

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lessen tensions and lessen weapons

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corde raide

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pushing something to the extreme to see its reaction

55
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endiguement

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to stop the spread of communism

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dissuasion

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stop weapons

57
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hitler

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facism, promised to fix everyone- disciminated against jews and handicaps, simple solutions to big problems

58
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stalin

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communism- holodomor

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