The document discusses various social and political reforms that occurred in Western culture between the 18th-19th centuries. It covers the rise of socialism and Marxism, which advocated for public ownership and a classless society. It also outlines several reform movements such as women's suffrage and temperance. In Britain, reforms expanded voting rights and curbed the power of the House of Lords. The document also briefly discusses the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe and the infamous Dreyfus Affair in France.
12. 2. Temperance Movement
• Temperance – drinking in moderation
• Abstinence – no drinking of alcohol
• Women’s Christian Temperance Union was to
educate the public regarding the evils of
alcohol
• 18th Amendment makes manufacture, sale
and transportation of alcohol illegal
Believed that man was good and society had corrupted himViewed the capitalism that emerged from the Industrial Revolution as unjust because a small number of men controlled the wealth of society
Utopia describes a perfect place or society, where everyone is equal socially and economically.
Christian socialists denied or distorted the biblical teachings on Creation, the Fall and REdemption
Believed that private ownership of property and private control of wealth was evilWanted the proletariat to establish a dictatorship where the worker would be in powerMarx took a negative view of religion…claimed that belief in God, sin, and salvation through jesus Christ kept the proletariat in bondage blinding them to their real needs and their power to change society. Called religion the “opium of the people”
Very high tariffs, which protected those who produced these items in BritainResulted in dramatic increase of trade and brought great prosperity to Britain
1918 – women over 30 could vote…1928 – all women could vote
Secretly tried and found innocent the real spyEventually he was released and restored in the French army
During its existence as a penal colony (1884-1946), more than 56,000 prisoners were transported to French Guiana from France. Of this number, perhaps one-fourth returned to France. Many of those who evaded death in the jungle camps did so by escape—a feat that became increasingly difficult as the years passed
