Who was governed by The Great Law of Peace?
- BONUS if you name how many nations were part of it?
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy
- 5 Nations to begin with (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca) and the Tuscarora joined later, making it 6 Nations
This developed over time to address the inequalities created by laissez-faire capitalism.
modern liberalism
A society in which government plays a large role in providing for the needs of its citizens through publicly funded social programs based on the principles of equality of opportunity and equitable distribution of wealth
Welfare state
This thinker is associated with the idea of the 'invisible hand'
Adam Smith
The idea that no one is above the law, and all people are equal before the law
Rule of Law
According to Smith, wages and prices should be set by this
Supply and demand
Actions taken by government to influence the economy (for example, setting taxation and interest rates, spending on public works and social programs, imposing regulations, and breaking up monopolies)
Government interventions
Actions taken by government to influence the economy (for example, setting taxation and interest rates, spending on public works and social programs, imposing regulations, and breaking up monopolies
Government intervention
An economic system based on free markets, fair competition, wise consumers, and profit-motivated producers, in which the minimum of government involvement is favoured
Capitalism
A political ideology based on a Soviet dictator's interpretation of communism, characterized by totalitarian rule and repression of political opponents
Stalinism
Before the Industrial Revolution, this was a factor limiting the equal distribution of wealth
The class system
Government enforced rules and standards aimed at providing safe, clean working environments and protecting workers' rights to free association, collective bargaining, and freedom from discrimination
Labour standards and unions
Publicly funded medical care programs that provide essential health services to all people regardless of their ability to pay for them
Universal health care
A political ideology based on a Russian leaders interpretation of communism, whereby a communist state would be established through violent revolution and would then be governed by the authoritarian leadership of the Communist Party
Leninism
An ideology based on the belief that the oppressed working class must overcome its property-owning oppressors through revolution so that together they can work towards becoming a classless society in which property is owned by the community and all people share in the production of goods and in the benefits of production (at which point, in theory, no government is needed)
communism
The French word that means 'let it alone'
laissez-faire capitalism
A form of government in which the rights and freedoms of individuals are guaranteed, including the right of individuals to vote for the political leaders of their country
Liberal democracy
A term used by Karl Marx to refer to the class of industrial workers whose only asset is the labour that they sell to an employer.
Proletariat
An ideology which promotes the notion that some individuals or groups achieve power and advantage over others through competition because they are stronger and fitter
Social darwinism
The idea that the working class (proletariat) should overthrow the capitalist class (bourgeoisie) and establish a classless society where property would be owned by the state;also called scientific socialism or communism
Marxism
According the Smith, when these occur it prevents the market from functioning correctly
Monopoly
A political ideology that advocates a peaceful, evolutionary transition of society from capitalism to socialism (a society in which people share fairly in its wealth)through democratic means, as opposed to the communist idea of change through violent revolution
Democratic socialism
An ideology based on the belief that the rights and freedoms of the individual should be the foundation for society. It was largely embraced during the 1800s in Europe, especially in its emphasis on the capitalist free-market economy
Classical Liberalism
An authoritarian system of government (a dictatorship)that includes extreme militaristic nationalism, a belief in the rule of elites, and a totalitarian society in which individual interests are subordinated to the good of the nation-state
Fascism
This thinker warned of the dangers of the "mass mind".
John Stuart Mill