egalitarian
(adjective)
Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
Examples of egalitarian in the following topics:
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Social Classes in the Colonies
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Bankers and Lawyers
- His egalitarian rhetoric allowed him to cast himself as the people's tribune against the moneyed elite and their tools in government, introducing an enduring theme in American politics.
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Georgia
- In Savannah, the Oglethorpe Plan provided for a utopia: “an agrarian model of sustenance while sustaining egalitarian values holding all men as equal.”
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Slavery in the South
- In Savannah, the Oglethorpe Plan provided for a utopia: “an agrarian model of sustenance while sustaining egalitarian values holding all men as equal.”
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The Diversity of Workers
- Although the Federation preached a policy of egalitarianism with regard to African American workers, it actively discriminated against black workers.
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The Election of 1968
- On civil rights, Nixon framed his policies as racially egalitarian, stating his opposition to forced desegregation of schools, but citing improved education as the key to equality.
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Social Justice
- In general, it targeted privilege, unfair wealth gaps, poverty, irresponsible administration, and all forms of social and political corruption, which Progressives believed were retarding the expansion and growth of a more egalitarian, democratic nation.
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AFL and WWI
- Although the Federation preached a policy of egalitarianism in regard to African American workers, in reality, it actively discriminated against black workers.
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Agricultural Settlements and Chiefdoms
- The earliest peoples of North and Central America banded together in egalitarian, extended-family groups, living by hunting and gathering.
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The Bank War and Economic Boom
- His egalitarian rhetoric allowed him to cast himself as the people's defender against the moneyed elite and their tools in government, introducing an enduring Jacksonian mythos to American politics.