Chapter 4 Vocab Flashcards
This deck will help you learn Chapter 4 vocabulary terms for AP U.S. Government.
Americanism
A belief that Americans consider themselves bound by common values and common hopes.
civic competence
A belief that one can affect government policies.
civic duty
The belief that citizens have an obligation to participate in civic and political affairs.
class consciousness
The tendency to think of oneself as a member of a particular class.
culture war
A split in the United States reflecting differences in people’s beliefs about morality, and regarding what standards ought to govern individual behavior and social arrangements.
equality of opportunity
A value in American culture which maintains that all people should have the same opportunity to get ahead.
equality of result
A value in American culture which maintains that the government should guarantee a basic standard of living.
external efficacy
The belief that the political system will respond to citizens.
internal efficacy
Confidence in one’s own ability to understand and to take part in political affairs.
orthodox (social)
One of two camps in the culture war that believes morality is as/more important than self-expression and that moral rules are derived from God.
political culture
A distinctive and patterned way of thinking about how political and economic life ought to be carried out.
political efficacy
The sense that citizens have the capacity to understand and influence political events.
political ideology
A comprehensive set of political, economic, and social views or ideas concerned with the form and role of government.
progressive (social)
One of two camps in the culture war that believes personal freedom is as/more important than traditional rules and that rules depend on the circumstances of modern life.
work ethic
A tradition of Protestant churches that required a life of personal achievement as well as religious conviction.
