Utopian Dreams
This British industrialist is considered the founder of Utopian Socialism and created a model community at New Lanark, Scotland
Who is Robert Owen?
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published this famous political pamphlet in 1848 as a reaction to the failings of capitalism
What is The Communist Manifesto?
This ideology advocates for a "peaceful, evolutionary transition" of society from capitalism to socialism
What is Democratic Socialism?
This severe economic crisis began with the stock market crash in 1929 and lasted throughout the 1930s
What is the Great Depression?
This political party was founded in Calgary in 1932 to help struggling farmers and ranchers during the Great Depression
What is the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation)?
Utopian socialists believed they could fix the worst parts of the Industrial Revolution by improving these two types of conditions
What are working and living conditions?
Marxism describes a class struggle between the business owners and the workers, known by these two specific terms
Who are the Bourgeoisie and the Proletariat?
Democratic socialists believe that this type of equality is just as important as political equality
What is economic equality?
This specific date, October 29, 1929, is famously known by this name and marks the start of the Great Depression
What is Black Tuesday?
The written goals of the CCF, which included subsidized health services and job creation, were found in this 1933 document
What is the Regina Manifesto?
At his New Lanark mills, Robert Owen famously refused to hire any children under this age
What is ten (10) years old?
In a theoretical Marxist society, all land, labor, and capital would be held in this type of ownership
What is public ownership (or owned by the workers)?
Name one of the three modern "social programs" mentioned in the slides that democratic socialists support to protect the working class
What is Employment Insurance, Universal Healthcare, or Universal Education/Childcare?
To protect their own domestic manufacturing during the Depression, many countries issued this type of tax on foreign goods
What is a tariff?
This politician founded the Parti Québécois in 1970 and served as the Premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985
Who is René Lévesque?
Unlike Marxists, Utopian socialists did not want to totally change society; they primarily wanted to reform this existing ideology
What is Classical Liberalism?
Marxism is often referred to by this "academic" name because it is based on painstaking research rather than religious faith
What is Scientific Socialism?
Most democratic socialists still believe in this economic system, but they insist on having "safety nets" provided by the government
What is Capitalism?
The "Carb Crisis" explains that the Depression was worsened by a surplus of this crop, which caused prices to crash from $2.50 to $0.50
What is wheat (or grain)?
The PQ wanted to "reform the state" to make the government feel more like this for its citizens
What is "more human"?
To promote the "individual growth" of his workers, Robert Owen provided this "green" innovation for the villagers to enjoy during their leisure time
What is village landscaping?
According to the technical Marxist definition, this stage of society follows socialism and features a state that eventually "dissolves" because it is no longer needed
What is Communism?
This is the "key difference" identified in the readings between a socialist country and a "social-democratic" state like Sweden regarding factories and banks
What is public ownership versus private ownership?
During the height of the Depression, mass unemployment in Canada reached approximately this percentage
What is 30%?
In 1961, the CCF merged with the Canadian Labour Congress to become this modern Canadian political party
What is the NDP (New Democratic Party)?