Class 32 - 2 - Radicalization Crisis

Class 32 - Radicalization Crisis

Read the following text and answer the questios below.

Rise and crisis of Radicalism

It is a period of the mid-nineteenth century (1863 -1886) made up of a group of liberals who at that time in history presented themselves as the most progressive and the strongest of the national political movements. Creators of the constitution of 53.

In the cycle of liberal reforms and the federation, radicalism was very important in Colombia because it advocated a profound change in the fundamental aspects of traditional society.

Rise and crisis of Radicalism (Continuation)

Radicalism defended civilians against dictatorships, the federative system, and the maintenance of absolute freedoms, which would facilitate the free exercise of civil and political rights for Colombians.

The radicals defended the laicization (independence) of the Colombian State and the officialization of education and had as their constitutional axis the Constitution of Rionegro, which symbolized the fullness of the liberal ideology. The "radicalism" was the great defender of the individual liberties in absolute terms, and consequently, the promoter of the economic liberalism.

Multiple Choice

What was the radicalism crisis in Colombia?

• It is a period of the mid-nineteenth century (1863 -1886) made up of a group of liberals who at that time in history presented themselves as the most progressive and the strongest of the national political movements.

• It is a period of the mid-nineteenth century (1863 -1896) made up of a group of conservatives who at that time in history presented themselves as the most progressive and the strongest of the national political movements.

• It is a period of the mid-twentieth century (1963 -1986) made up of a group of liberals and conservatives who at that time in history presented themselves as the most progressive and the strongest of the national political movements.

Multiple Choice

According to the last text, the liberals were ____________________.

• The reformers of the constitution of 1963.

• The creators of the constitution of 1953.

• The promotes of the constitution of 1886.

Multiple Choice

Why was the radicalism important for Colombia?

• Because it motivated a profound division in the fundamental powers of the government.

• Because it transformated to Colombia in a centralist republic.

• Because it advocated a profound change in the fundamental aspects of traditional society.

Multiple Select

Choose the main characteristics of the Radicalism in Colombia in the 1870s:

• Traditional society

• Individual liberties

• Economic liberalism.

• Federative system

• Maintenance of absolute freedoms