Friday, October 03, 2014

October 3


You watched a couple of videos from 60 Minutes, "Dutch Treat" and "Welfare a la carte". While you watched these segments you should have taken notes on the advantages and disadvantages of mixed economies. I gave you the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Monday. You have your Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test (Chapter 3-4 Test). It's a 55 multiple choice question test, please see the study guide below.


This test is multiple choice format. This test is on Wednesday, October 8th.

1. Please review material from these PowerPoint presentations:
  • "The Development of Classical Liberalism"
  • "Responding to Classical Liberalism"

2. Be familiar with key concepts introduced in Chapters 3 and 4.
3. The Industrial Revolution:
  • understand fundamental economic, social and political changes that were caused by the Industrial Revolution
  • understand the connection between the Agricultural Revolution and the Enclosure Acts and the Industrial Revolution
  • understand the differences, advantages and disadvantages of the cottage system and the factory system
4. Review material in the "Philosophies of Industrialism" section of your blue study booklet
5. Key beliefs of the various ideologies (review the spectrums briefly); also review this material from the "Responding to Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation:
  • Adam Smith
  • laissez faire economics/capitalism (key ideas)
  • John Stuart Mill
  • Karl Marx (key ideas and beliefs associated with Marx, Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto, withering away of the state, dictatorship of the proletariat, view of history, etc. ) and Friedrich Engels (see "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet)
  • Edmund Burke and classical conservatism
6. Some questions may require you to make connections between this year's material and what you learned in 10-1 and 20-1 as well.

We had a quick discussion about the international response to ISIS, and then we started looking at the Articles of Confederation. We will continue talking about the Articles on Monday.

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