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Unit 6 Term list
Emergence of Democracy and Cap
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Sociology
10th Grade
12/08/2008

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Adam Smith
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Writer of Wealth of Nations. Ideas of laissez-faire or capitalism still debated today. Believed in FREE MARKET
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Thomas Malthus
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Capitalist, saw population explosion getting faster than food supply urged families to have less children.
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David Ricardo
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"Iron Law of Wages"-When wages were higher people had more kids and when people had more kids wages went down also would argue that less kids were neccesary.
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Jeremy Bantam
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Thought of utilitarianism which was goal of society to spread happiness to as many people as possible. Also thought all laws should be judges by utility how good they were for society.
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John Stuart Mill
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Follower of Jeremy Bentham. Also wanted womens rights.
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Socialism
Definition
based on cooperation People as a whole would own and operate means of production like farms factories railways and other large bussinesses
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Utopians
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People wanted to make little communities where everyone shared and got along
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Robert Owen
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Sucessful mill owner kind to workers giving them neighborhood
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Karl Marz
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Started idea of communism. Form of socialism saw class struggle between employers and employees unavoidable. Wrote Communist Manifesto
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Communism
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Form of Socialism that says struggle between employers and employees is unavoidable
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"Haves"
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Bourgoisie
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Have nots
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Proletariats (working class)
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House of Lords
Definition
Heriditary nobles and high ranking clergy could veto any bill that was passed by the House of Commons
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Rotten Boroughs
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Rural towns that lost so many people that they had few or no voters
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Chartism
Definition
Protesting for radical change
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Queen Victoria
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British figure head monarch who symolized power of government
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Whig Party
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turned into liberal party
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Torie Party
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turns into conservative party spoke for upperclass
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Free trade
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Trade between countries without restrictions
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Tariffs
Definition
When foreign European nations taxed foreign imports to protect local economies
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Penal Colonies
Definition
Special settlements for convicts
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"Irish Question"
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British didn't know what to do with Ireland because didn't like them but had nothing to do with their land.
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Absentee Ladnlords
Definition
People who owned estates but didn't live in them
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Great hunger
Definition
Irish potato famine. Disease went through Ireland Britons didn't care left Ireland tripping haha
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Home rule
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Local self-government
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Second Empire
Definition
Napoleon III tried to be like his uncle well liked but not nearly as succesful
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Third Republic
Definition
When Napolean III was captured France tried to buld new republic
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Multiparty System
Definition
When there were more than two parties so it was unstable always changes in who was running the show
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coalition governments
Definition
Alliance of parties
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Deyfus Affair
Definition
When convicted highest ranking Jewish officer to life in prison because of false alligations of spying for the Germans. Told Jews taht they may need there own country to be safe started Zionism
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Theodore Herzl
Definition
Tried to stir up jews about Zionism
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