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FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTIONS ON     CT  10:  TOCQUEVILLE          Fall,   2009 

1.  In relation to an overview of Tocqueville, as a result of the majoritarian pressure to conform, democracy would tend to  ___________________________  individuality & personal freedom

2.  In relation to Tocqueville & Democracy in America, the freedom of the middle & lower classes & their establishment of democ was a  ____________________________________________

3.  At the time of the French Rev, under the Fr monarchical system, the king had almost unlimited  _____________________________________ 

4.  In relation to Tocqueville on the old regime, & the Fr Rev, the  ______________________________  had also retained its feudal rights & had allied itself w/ the nobles, thus engendering peasant resentment 

5.  In relation to Tocqueville, & the monarchy's centralization of power, the enfranchisement of the mid class increased class hostility in Fr not because the barriers were insurmountable, but because the barriers were a  _______________________________  & blatant source of animosity 

6.  In relation to Tocqueville & the philosophers of the Fr Rev, the Monarchy & the nobles had lost touch w/ the people & had no realization of the people's estrangement from the status quo nor their acceptance & pursuit of the ideas of the  ________________________________ 

7.  In relation to Tocqueville on prosperity & the Fr Rev, the elites continued to show  ________________________________  for the middle & lower classes, conducting themselves w/ a mixture of sympathy & contempt that enflamed revolutionary passions 

8.  In relation to Tocqueville & the 3 races, the absence of the social relations of slavery, & its effect on the free population, allowed the North to  _________________________________  commercially & industrially while the South did not 

9.  In relation to Tocqueville on the aristocracy of the manufacturers, the higher productivity made possible by dividing, classifying, & grouping the wkrs according to narrow & specific functions takes away from the worker artistic skill, creativity, &  _______________________________________________ 

10.  In relation to Tocqueville on the sociology of ideas, culture & religion, aristocracies stress the beautiful, quality being the highest virtue & thus the craftsman is revered while in democratic societies, the  ________________________________  is the most highly valued & thus middle & lower class people are satisfied w/ imitations of art 

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ESSAY QUESTION ON     CT  10:  TOCQUEVILLE          Fall,   2009 

Be sure & answer all parts of the question.  Style, spelling & grammar are important.  Demonstrate a strong factual argument, use examples, & then inform your opinion.  Answers should be about 2
  hand written pages long. 

1.  In relation to Tocqueville on the aristocracy of the manufacturers, why does he say their is an aristocracy of manufacturers?  What is his analysis of the wage system?  What does industrialization do to the worker?  Did Tocqueville believe that industrialization would displace agriculture & craftwork?  Critique Tocqueville's position on these topics, either as you address each one, or all at once at the end.  

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