Liberalism, Conservatism, and Ideological Challenges to the Status Quo were topics covered in Chapter 4. Although high school I have heard of the term Liberalism, but I never understood what the term really meant. I learned that Liberalism is “an ideology that regards the individual as a rational being capable of overcoming obstacles to a better world.” Also, it “supports changes in the political and economic status quo.” John Locke an English philosopher is known for this form of American ideology.
Until today I only knew of one form of Liberalism, but I now know of another form called Classical Liberalism. I learned that Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson contributed to the Classical Liberalism which is “a view, dating from the nineteenth
Until today I only knew of one form of Liberalism, but I now know of another form called Classical Liberalism. I learned that Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson contributed to the Classical Liberalism which is “a view, dating from the nineteenth