Ideology- Liberalism

During class, we discussed the question: "What were the major political ideologies of the 19th century and how did they influence social and political action?". The answer is that there were 3; liberalism, conservatism, and nationalism. In simple terms, a liberal is someone who has open views or thoughts regarding the government, meaning they would be more than happy to participate in something like a democracy whereas a conservative, who is someone who prefers to stick to old ways, would choose to stay in a monarchy. And finally, a nationalist is someone who advocates for political independence for a country. In class, we separated into groups to make projects about each ideology. My group, got Liberalism. 

Liberals wanted to separate their government from the old ways into a system of freedom , merits and rights rather than old traditions. They wanted a meritocracy over an aristocracy, absolutism and traditional price pages of the church, and to still have clear divisions in society. They just want the ability for people to climb the social and economic ladder. 

Like liberalism, conservatism and nationalism were both represented in the 19th century as well. After viewing all of the presentations we came to find that conservatism was actually the conservation of tradition and monarchy, limited rights. Aristocracy, monarchy, role of the church, and nationalism was a state of temporary alliance between quarreling countries because though countries were at war, they unified to defeat a common enemy.