1. Judeo Christian Perspective and democracy • Every person is born with worth and dignity because they were created by GOD • Every person has the ability to choose between doing good and doing wrong • Every person has the responsibility to help others in need and the community
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1. Judeo Christian Perspective and democracy
• Every person is born with worth and dignity because they were created by GOD
• Every person has the ability to choose between doing good and doing wrong
• Every person has the responsibility to help others in need and the community
2. Greco Roman Views and democracy
• Citizens should participate in government• World has natural laws• Democracy can be protected by having
branches of government• Written law
3. Ideas of Tyranny
• Tyrant- a leader who takes power illegally and abuses that power
4.Plato
• Greek philosopher• Wrote the Republic• Tyrants are bad because he loves his power so
much he will to anything to maintain it.• Rulers who have too much freedom become
tyrants
5. Aristotle
• Student of Plato• Wrote: Politics• Tyrants act selfishly and against the will and
benefit of the people
6. Influence of the US Constitution
• Federalism- Power is shared between national government and state governments
• Separation of Powers- 3 separate branches• Popular Sovereignty- Government get their
power and authority from the PEOPLE• Individual Rights- guarantees to each citizen
(Bill of Rights)
7. John Locke ( enlightenment)
– Natural Rights: Life, Liberty,and Property– People form government to protect these rights– Government gets its authority from the people – Influence Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of
Independence
8. Montesquieu ( Enlightenment)
• Separation of power control government– 3 Branches: Legislative, Judicial, Executive
• Influence James Madison- the father of the US Constitution
9. Rousseau ( Enlightenment)
• Social Contract exists between citizens and the government
• Influenced: Simon Bolivar-revolutionary leader for democracy and independence in Latin America
10. Documents of Democracy
• Magna Carta (1215 England)• English Bill of Rights (1689)• American Declaration of Independence
(1776)• French Declaration of the Rights of Man and
Citizen(1789)• U.S Bill of Rights (1791)
9. American Revolution1775-1781
• 1st in a series of war for independence• French Revolution 1789-1790• Latin America Wars for Independence (Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia and more) 1810-
1824
12.French Revolution
• Overthrow French OLD REGIME that divided people into 3 ESTATES
• King Louis XVI creates economic and social injustice• The 3rd Estate names itself National Assembly and
takes over the government• Radicals take over the government- Robespierre leads
the COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY and starts the REIGN OF TERROR
• Napoleon Bonaparte takes power and restores order as dictator
13.European Nationalism after Napoleon
• By 1812 Napoleon controlled most of Europe• Conquered lands rumble with nationalism• Napoleon is defeated and exiled- 1815
14.Congress of Vienna (1814-1815)
• After defeat of Napoleon• Goal: Weaken France and Restore balance of
power and monarchies in Europe• Metternich of Austria plays important role
15.Revolution of 1848
• people in Europe want their own Nation States and revolt again monarchies.
• Result of Napoleon conquering much of Europe….stirred up feelings of nationalism that did not go away.
16. Industrial RevolutionWhy was England first?
• Economic Strength– Banks and new markets and investors
• Geography and Natural Resources– Coal, harbors, rivers, isolation from Europe
• Population Growth– Agricultural Revolution ended Famines– Lots of Workers
• Political Stability– Not interrupted by war
17.Inventions and Social Change
• James Watt- Steam Engine• Eli Whitney- Cotton Gin• Henry Bessemer- made iron into steel• Louis Pasteur- pasteurization• Thomas Edison- Improved Electric light• Railroads, Communication
18.Population Shifts During Industrial Revolution
• Population Growth• Rural to Urban Migration• Cities- had factory work, became centers for
markets and banks• Cities were overcrowded, polluted, terrible
sanitation, streets full of waste and contaminated water, poor living condition, spread of disease
19.Evolution of work and labor
• End of Slave trade by early 1800s• Immigration from Europe and Asia to North
America• Transportation made mass migration possible• Division of labor• Unions use collective bargaining and strike to
improve wages and working conditions
20.Components of Industrial Economy
• Entrepreneurship- starting new businesses– Need resources
• Armenian Genocide– Armenians were an ethnic minority in the Ottoman
Empire – April 24,1915- Extreme nationalists vowing to create a
Turkish-only state began forcing Armenians from their homes.
– Some were killed others were forced to march to the Syrian Desert
– Persecution continued : 1915-1918 and again in 1920-1923
– In 1915-1916 an estimated 600,000 Armenians died
34.The Treaty of Versailles
• 14 points: Wilson’s Plan for peace– Self Determination- allowing people to decide their government– End to secret treaties– League of Nations- Peace keeping organization
• Big Four- Italy, France, GB, US• Terms
– League of Nations– Germany loses Alsace Lorraine to France– Loses Colonies– Reduction in army– Pay Reparations: $33 billion
35.Europe after WWI
36.Post WWI Europe
• Shock and disillusionment• Economic Trouble• Political instability• Rise of Totalitarian governments
37.Artists in the West after WWI
• Lost Generation: American writers in Paris ( Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein)
• Art: World of dreams and fantasy, see shapes in new ways (Picasso)
38.Russian Revolution• Causes:
– Suffering under monarchy/autocracy– Weak leadership of Czar Nicholas II– Russian defeat in Russo Japanese War 1905– Bloody Sunday- massacre of unarmed protestor in 1905– WWI– March Revolution 1917- soldiers join protestors
• Consequences: – Bolshevik Party led by Lenin– Collectivized farms– Banks are nationalized– Treaty of Brest Litovsk– Civil War- Red vs Whites– Lenin uses GULAGS (camps)
39.Stalinist Russia• Economic Control
– Command Economy – Collective Farms to produce food for the state
• Political Control– Used police terror– Jailed and executed opponents
• Cultural Control– Controlled newspapers– Destroyed churches and synagogues– Use propoganda
• Terror– Estimated 8-13 million people died– Ukraine-5 million died from famine caused by Government