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What is the Judeo-Christian Foundation of law? Who did they think it applied to?
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Judeo-Christian was a new found religion that spread through the land of Rome and Greece. The people under these laws abide by the rules in church.
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How did the Renaissance and the Reformation affect the growth of democracy?
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Both emphasized on the idea and importance of individualism.
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How did Greek philosophers influence the way people think and allow democracy to flourish?
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Philosophers believed in Natural Laws. They believed of the system of goverment with a Judicial, Executive, and Legislative branch.
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Describe the legacy of Rome in respect to law and goverment.
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They were based on a republic. They believed in respect for citizens and Roman Codes.
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What was the Enlightment?
Definition
A time period of an intellectual moment.
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Descrive John Lock's philosophy and how inspire revolution against monarchs.
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He has a positive view on people. He believe in the divine rights.
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What was the contribution of Montesquieu to political thought? How did his ideas influence the US and other democracies?
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He agreed with the Seperation of Powers. Having ideas of the Legislative, Judicial, and Executive branches.
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Describe the work and main ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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He believed in the governed to act as a whole and give ideas to the government by voting, and that the only way to dictate is for the people to believe in the conscience themselves of what's right.
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How did the Enlightment affect the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution?
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The Enlightment brought forth the idea of a form of new goverment suggested by new leaders from Philadelphia. They created a goverment in which power and responsibility were shared in a balanced way, which was known as the Decleration of Independence and US Constitution.
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Who was James Madison and how did the Enlightenment affect him and through him the US Constitution?
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James Madison was the original designer of the three branches of goverment. He also helped create the federal system.
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List the principles in the Magna Carta.
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The Magna Carta was a document created for the pope and the monarchs so it can limit their power over all the subjects. They had to govern according to law.
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List the principles in the English Bill of Rights.
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The English Bill of Rights limited the power of the monarchy and protected free speech in Parliment.
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List the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
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The ideas came from John Locke during the Enlightenment. It reflected principles on eloquent arguments of Natural Rights.
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List the principles in the French Declaration of the Rights of Man.
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Adopted by the Enlightenment and the American Decleration of Independence. The Decleration guaranteed rights of "Liberty, property, security, ad resistance to oppression."
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List the principles of the US Bill of Rights.
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The principles of the Bill of Rights came from ideas of The Enlightenment. They expressed an optimistic view that reason and reform could prevail and that progress was inevitable.
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How did the Enlightenment affect the American Revolution?
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The growing number of ideas from the Enlightenment about independence won over the colonists that still wanted to stick through with Great Britain.
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What inspired the French Revolution?
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On July 14, 1789, the people of Paris stormed the Bastille, a much-hated prison in Paris that symbolized autocratic rule. There was a mean to fight for democratic freedom within the people.
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Why did the congress of Vienna meet and what was its legacy?1
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It kept France from having any aggression by having strong colonies surrounding it. It also kept the balance of powers withing countries. It also wanted to return the royal families of Europe to reign before Napolean's conquests.
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Why was England the first country to industrialize.
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It was the first because of its colonies and easily resources to acquire. England had already been the highest in technology during the time.
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What did James Watt invent and how did it change the world?
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Watt figured out how to build a steam engine using less energy and working harder and faster with less fuel. This proved to help to transport items all across with the newely invented machines.
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What did Eli Whitney invent and how did it impact the world?
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Eli Whitney created the cotton gin which helped take out all the seeds in cotton making a massive up rise in production of cotton.
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What did Henry Bessemer invent and how did it impact the world?
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He invented the furnace to make dominant steel to manafacture. Railroads and means of other transportation began to be made with this, which contributed greatly in the time.
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What did Louis Pasteur invent and how did it impact the world?
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Lous Pasteur invented the first Pasterization method. He helped figure how to take out contaminations in food and how heat will help in aid to take out bacteria. This invention help the world today on info for doctors how to treat and for food contamination.
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What did Thomas Edison invent and how did it impact the world?
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He invented the light bulb which helped contribute us today. He "lit the world," and gave us electricity.
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How did the Industrial Revolution afffect population size?
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It brang more Europeans looking for a job in the industries. It had a massive wave of people because of this.
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How did the Industrial Revolution change affect cities and why?
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Cities gradually got smaller from the beginning to the end of the Industrial Period. Houses were made as sites of Industries so there were fewer houses and more plantations.
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What is a union and what are its goals?
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It was a group of workers joined together in voluntary associations. They negotiated with workers and their employees. They bargained for good prices.
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What is capitalism and when did it emerge?
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Capitalism is an economic system in which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making a profit.
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Describe Socialism.
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Socialism is the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all.
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What is communism and how did it originate?
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Communism was discovered by Karl Marx, which was originally called marxism. It means for the people to be created as a shared party rather than having individual rights, there was no such thing as private property.
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What is the communist critique of capitalism?
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Marxism, it disagreed with the idea of self-independent beliefs.
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List countries that became communist.
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Russia, China, Vietnam, Cuba.
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What were the motives of imperialism.
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Imperialism was brought by needing colonies to trade with and have a government over the colonized.
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Describe Social Darwinism.
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Social Darwinism is the thought of there being a set religion or a way of living that is suppose to be of the richest culture.
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List the locations of English Colonial Rule.
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India, Austria, Most of Africa and Asia.
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