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Aboriginal Contributions
Classical Liberal Origins
Odds & Ends
Canadian & American Democracy
Responses to Classical Liberalism
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This promoted business between aboriginals and the European settlers. Both groups benefited from this mutual trade and is an example of early trading relationships between buyers and sellers.
What is the fur trade?
100
An economic system which is based on free markets, fair competition, consumerism, and profit-motivated producers.
What is capitalism?
100
This liberal ideology supports free market capitalism by advocating a right to private property, including property in the means of production, minimal government regulation of that property, minimal taxation, and rejection of the welfare state, all within the context of the rule of law.
What is libertarianism?
100
Both Canada and the USA have this form of government.
What is a democracy?
100
As skilled workers began to be replaced by machines unemployment rose and people began to protest. A group of angry workers began to break into factories and smash equipment. These workers called themselves the Army of the Redressers and were considered reactionary as they use violence to return to way “things used to be.”
Who are the Luddites?
200
This act was originally meant to assimilate (absorb) aboriginal people into white English-Canadian culture. Aboriginals were to change their lifestyle and traditions to fit into the Canadian culture, similar to the issue of Residential schools.
What is the Indian Act of 1876?
200
This theorist created the trickle-down theory or the invisible hand that states that individual self-interest in a free market would lead to a stronger economy and therefore benefit more people. He disagreed with the existing mercantilist system at the time. He believed that the government’s role should be limited to maintaining rule of law.
Who is Adam Smith?
200
Classical liberalism finds its roots in this age, which followed the this period of rebirth.
What is the Age of Enlightenment and the Renaissance?
200
While both countries' legislative branches include a senate, Canada calls her 2nd house the _________________ and the USA calls hers the _________________________.
What are the House of Commons and the House of Representatives?
200
This ideology came from a massive labour movement where the workers wanted a greater voice in government and fought for political and social reform. They created a Charter to Parliament where they demanded universal suffrage, secret ballot and annual elections.
What is chartism?
300
This is the Aboriginal response to the Canadian government’s policy of assimilation started in the White Paper of 1969. The National Indian Brotherhood (now the AFN) wrote the response wanting a return to traditional land ownership and treaties.
What is the Red Paper (1970)?
300
Capitalists also believe that corporations and businesses should receive_____________________________ to motivate businesses to work harder and therefore to be even more successful.
What are tax breaks/incentives/concessions?
300
These three philosophers (although they all had different versions) believed in a social contract, whereby people give up some of their rights to government in order to receive order for themselves and for their property.
Who are Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau?
300
Canada is a constitutional monarchy or ______________________ democracy, while the USA has ______________________ democracy.
What is parliamentary and republican?
300
This ideology's development was a reaction to classical liberalism, stated that the government should protect the past as well as the well-being of the present, the government should be formed by the educated and elite of society, government should only be chosen by a limited electorate and not by universal suffrage and did not believe in equality of opportunity. The main proponent of this ideology was _____________.
What is classical conservatism & Edmund Burke?
400
After receiving rights and freedoms from the government, aboriginal groups are currently working to attain the ability to make their own laws and decision making.
What is self-determination?
400
Classical liberalism began in Europe during a period where people began to challenge the old thinking during a period called the Age of Reason. It challenged the THIS and advocated for individual rights.
What is the status quo?
400
Montesquieu’s most important contribution to liberalism was the idea of this.
What is the separation of powers in government?
400
In the USA, impeachment is the removal of the president. In Canada, we can remove the prime minister with this similar action.
What is a vote of non-confidence?
400
Today's version of this ideology is associated with democratic socialism which allows for some private ownership but is characterized by heavy governmental intervention to achieve the common good to create the welfare state.
What is socialism?
500
Said to be based on the Haudosaunee Great Law
What is the American Constitution?
500
Name 3 of the 5 principles of classical liberalism.
What are -The protection of rights and freedoms and individuals self-interest -Humans are rationale and reasonable that benefits themselves and society -Economic freedom and private property -Protection of civil liberties -Constitutional limitations on government power (Checks and Balances)
500
This French philosopher and writer believed that people should be treated equally and that the government should be accountable/responsible to its citizens. This would be achieved by establishing a democracy, where citizens participate in the decision making process.
Who is Montesquieu?
500
In Canada, the PM is elected first as the leader of his/her party and then as an MP in order to gain a seat in the House of Commons. In the USA, the president is elected using this.
What is the Electoral College?
500
This is a radical form of socialism, often called scientific socialism or communism.
What is Marxism?