4.1-4.12 Questions

What influences citizens' attitudes toward government and toward one another?

• Interpretation of American core values

• Who is in office

• Who there friends are

• None of the options

Even when citizens generally agree on a core value, they often disagree on how ​ (a)   should address it, how to ​ (b)   of debate, and how ​ (c)   should fund it.

• public officials
• government
• define terms

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Liberal

,

(b) Conservative

• More likely to experiment with policy

• Longer prison sentences for convicted

  criminals

• May desire leniency from the government on

  punishments for lawbreakers

• Strict threshold to qualify for welfare

• Tend to favor harsh punishments for

  lawbreakers

• Accepting of higher taxes in exchange for

  more government services

• Change occurs slowly

• Believe in traditions and institutions

• Believe in law and order (but are concerned

  with about protecting rights of the accused)

• Favor a small government that provides

  fewer services

• Government should provide welfare to

  people at a higher, though still impoverished,

  income level

• Believe in law and order and would choose

  to lean toward order

Political culture can be described as...

• the geographical boundaries of a country.
• the economic policies of a nation.
• a system of government based on monarchy.
• the set of attitudes, beliefs, and sentiments that shape political behavior in a society.

What is individualism?

• A belief in the fundamental worth and importance of the individual

• A political system where the government controls all aspects of life

• A belief in the importance of community over the individual

• A system where all property is publicly owned.

Match the following...

• Belief in the importance of individual rights

• Individualism

• Prioritizing one's own needs over others

• Self-centered individualism

• Sacrifices some individual freedom

• Enlightened self-interest

​ (a)   , however, can be in tension with other ​ (b)   Americans share, such as respect for the ​ (c)   and protection of the​ (d)   .

• Individualism
• social values
• common good
• public interest

• Which founding individual would agree with the following:

• NOT every person was an absolute equal to ever other in ability or character or any other subjective measure. RATHER, everyone has the equal right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Adams

• Ben Franklin

• Alexander Hamilton

How can citizens’ views of equality of opportunity & government differ?

What is free enterprise?

• A) A system where the government controls all businesses

• B) The idea that government should take a laissez-faire approach and that an “invisible hand”, guided by the interactions of producers and consumers, will naturally regulate the economy over time

• C) A political system where only one party is allowed

• D) A social system where everyone has equal wealth.