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EXAM 2: Chapter 4-7 Flashcards

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What is the ideology that promotes free trade, reform of entitlement programs, a strong but economical defense, and the creation but not redistribution of wealth?

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Neoliberalism

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The roots of liberalism can be traced to the great English philosopher

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John Locke

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Neoconservatives prefer — wealth to imagining wealth

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Redisstributing

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Progressivism, the early twentieth century political movement, enjoyed its LEAST success under presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson

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False

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What spells out what is valued and what is not, what must be maintained and what must be changed according to the textbook

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An Ideology

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What theory states, “gain their legitimacy from the consent of the governed and are formed primarily to protect the rights of individuals to life, liberty, and property.”

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Contract Theory

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John Adams advocated what?

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He believed that laws and government are needed to promote public virtue and curb private greed

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What believes in the democratization of government and economic reforms

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Populism

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In 1990, who was the first independent socialist elected to the HOR in more than half a century

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Bernard Sanders

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What is true of New Deal contemporary liberalism

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It is based on the belief that government should provide basic material guarantees for every individual.

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A belief in laissez-faire economics includes the view that government should do what

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Not interfere in the working of the economy

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The great society of what president in the 1960’s moved beyond the new deal

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Johnson

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What group opposes any increase in the role of the federal government over the general direction of the economy and contends that a vibrant private sector economy can best create jobs for the poor, immigrants, and minorities

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Neoconservatives

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The first major statement of — is considered to be reflections on the revolution in France (1790), by Edmund Burke

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Conservatism

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One example of what is Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson’s belief that liberty was the absence of government interference with the rights of All citizens to enjoy the fruits of their labor and prosperity

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Classical Liberalism

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What is true about American public opinion in recent years

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It has shifted to the right

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What is the most important matter that Americans differ upon, according to the text?

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Political Ideology

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What is one of the hallmarks of democracy according to the textbook

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Diversity of opininion

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What best describes polling

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The process of using social methods to get an accurate sense of the public view on an issue,

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At what age do people seem to experience the most powerful and lasting effect from major political and social events

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In their teens and early twenties

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What can be best said about equality

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The majority of Americans believe that the government should treat everyone as if they were equal

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Where would you find the line: “We hold these truth to be self-evident, that All Men are created equal.”

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Declaration of Independence

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What is the principal explicit teacher of information about politics

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The School

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A combination of the views, attitudes, and ideas held by individuals in a community is known as

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Public opinion

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Public socialization, the process by which citizens come to think what they do about politics, is achieved through all of the following except

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polling

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A sense of —– is one motivating factor, felt by some citizens, to get involved in politics

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duty

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Classical liberalism, libertarianism, and neoconservatism are examples of

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Political Ideologies

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What type of attachment is Larry demonstrating if he is a registered democrat who votes for the presidential candidate in every election and volunteers his time in rallies and campaigning for the democratic party

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Party Identification

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Where do governments get their “just power,” according to the declaration of independence

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From the consent of the governed

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What is not one of the factors that motivate people to participate in politics

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Low sense of political efficacy

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What role do the media serve on issues

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Spotlights

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The relationship between politicians and the mass media

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It is advantageous to both

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Which war was the first to feature day-to-day combat coverage

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The Vietnam war

34
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The press is sometimes referred to as

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The fifth branch of the government

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What is the term applied to the media because they determine what the American people will know

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Gatekeepers

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A — is an event that is staged not as much for the purpose of dramatizing an issue as it is for creating a visible activity

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photo opportunity

37
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Who was the first president to make the televised White House press conference a regular event

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John F. Kennedy

38
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What is the term sometimes applied to the process of shaping news stories

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Framing

39
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What is not part of the media

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Word of mouth

40
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President —- became a formidable public communicator as a result of televised news coverage

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George W. Bush

41
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—- are the people who gather, write, and report the news.

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Journalists

42
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The FCC rule that requires radio and television stations to devote some airtime to a balanced discussion of public issues is called the

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Fairness doctrine

43
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The FCC requires radio and television stations to include public service programming because

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They operate in the public interest

44
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What is a term used for selecting what becomes news

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Agenda setting

45
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Just as the constitution does not assume pure and ambition free politicians, the first Amendment does not assume a —- press.

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Bias free

46
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The period before each realignment in which the old party structures seem to fall apart is called

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Dealignment

47
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What were the party match-ups in the first American party system

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Federalists against Antifederalists

48
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—– groups in America tend to be more politically influential

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Mainstream

49
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— is a process by which each party system has been able to evolve from its predecessor in a relatively short period

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Realignment

50
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What is the primary goal of political parties

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Win elective office

51
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Who takes on the task of organizing the government

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The political party that won the most recent election

52
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For any interest group, what is the mainstay of activity in the legislative process

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Lobbying members of congress

53
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The size of an interest group is the most important factor in determining

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Effectiveness

54
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People who hold common views and work together to influence what government does form associations known as

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Interest groups

55
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The main difference between interest groups and political parties

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Interest groups do not run candidates for public office

56
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In the United States, what is a third party

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Any party that is not one of the two major parties

57
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Interest groups can be categorized into economic, social, religious, ideological, or issue groups

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True

58
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A psychological hook that pulls people into the world of politics is used by which of the following

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Political parties

59
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The — has become an important force in US political opinion

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Tea party

60
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Who or What undid the Whig-Democrat party alignment

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Slavery

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