AP World History Unit 5 - Lesson 5.1

Seneca Falls Convention

________ was the first womens right convention in America.

The Age of Isms

Schools of ideologies rose as they taught socialism and liberalism to society

Nationalism

Idea that emphasizes the unification or pride for a group with social, ethnic, historical, or lingual ties

Empiricism

Belief that true knowledge comes from experiences and observations rather than established principles

Social Contract

idea started by John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, people give their natural rights to governments in exchange for protection, law, and order

Tabula Rasa

Influential idea from John Locke, proposed that people were born as a clean slate and ready to absorb knowledge

Philosophes

18th century group of writers and thinkers new ways to look at political, social, and economic theories

Laissez Faire system

Proposed that governments should leave economic activities alone and allow a free market where businesses and consumers could thrive with free choice

Capitalism

Economic system where industries and factories are owned by private owners for profit

Deism

Belief that a divinity simply set natural laws in motion and does not intervene

Conservatism

Belief in traditional institutions, favoring reliance on practical experience over ideological thinking

Socialism

A system of public or direct worker ownership over production of goods/needs (community ownership

Classical Liberalism

Belief in natural rights constitutional government, laissez faire economy, and reducing money spent on churches and armies

Abolitionism

Movement to end the Atlantic slave trade and free enslaved people

Zionism

The belief of Jews that wanted to reestablish an independent homeland where their ancestors had lived in the middle east

Anti-Semitism

Hatred towards the Jewish people

Dreyfus Affair

Political and criminal scandal that illustrated the spread of antisemitism in France.

Utopian Socialism

Socialism that is achieved through moral persuasion of capitalists to surrender production means to the public.

Volitare beliefs

Freedom of speech and religion, and separation of church and state.

Fabian Society

British socialist organization that tried to advance democracy through diplomacy rather than violent revolutions.