front 1 To what can the intellectual roots of libertarianism be treated? | back 1 classical libertariansim |
front 2 Democratic socialists believe in | back 2 A limit, on individual wealth and property, equality of results, extensive government regulation of the economy |
front 3 Which of the following statements about contemporary conservatives is false? They defend economic individuals against the growth of the welfare state They believe that the state must promote virtue and social responsibility They challenge the idea of quotas and other affirmative action policies The oppose the use of popular referendum and other means of direct democracy | back 3 The oppose the use of popular referendum and other means of direct democracy |
front 4 Which of the following do contemporary socialists favor? | back 4 A massive public works program for rebuilding American's infrastructure |
front 5 Neoconservatives _____. | back 5 Stress policies that lower taxes on large income |
front 6 According to William Graham Sumner, what two chief things does government have to deal with? | back 6 The property of men and the honor of women |
front 7 Which of the following is true about John Adams? He agreed with Burke's association of property rights with landed aristocracy He believed that laws and government are needed to promote public virtue and curb private greed He supported Jefferson's notion of the natural goodness of humankind He called for universal manhood suffrage | back 7 He believed that laws and government are needed to promote public virtue and curb private greed |
front 8 Neoliberals | back 8 Favor policies that call for greater government and business cooperation |
front 9 New Deal contemporary liberalism | back 9 Is based on the belief that government should provide basic material gurantees for every individual |
front 10 What did Edmund Burke believe? | back 10 Society grew slowly and with purpose |
front 11 In the areas of national security and personal morality, liberals ________. | back 11 Are likely to oppose military interventions as the main approach to foreign policy |
front 12 Which of the following classical liberal beliefs did populism and progressivism oppose? | back 12 The role of government should be limited |
front 13 Classical liberals such as Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson believed _______. | back 13 That liberty was the absence of government interference with the rights of citizens |
front 14 Radical ideologies such as democratic socialism and libertarianism ______. | back 14 challenge much of the existing social and political order |
front 15 Libertarians would support the repeal of laws forbidding prostitution, pronagraphy, and gambling | back 15 True |
front 16 According to John Locke's contract theory of the state, which of the following is true? | back 16 The state gains its legitimacy from the consent of the governed |
front 17 With what is political ideology concerned? | back 17 Proper functions of government, issues of liberty and equality, distribution of goods and services |
front 18 Democratic socialism essentially supports the democratic process and the ideas of capitalism | back 18 False |
front 19 Contemporary conservatism remains essentially an ideology of the wealthy upper class? | back 19 False |
front 20 Edmund Burke believed that inequality among men meant that a ruling class of ability and property must control government | back 20 True |
front 21 Contemporary liberals believe that a strong central government is necessary to reduce economic inequalities and enhance personal morality | back 21 False |
front 22 Early Americian conservatives believed that only men who owned property should be allowed to vote | back 22 True |
front 23 Neoliberals have repudiated the New Deal and Great Society legacies while emphasizing the promotion of wealth | back 23 False |
front 24 Populists and progressive advocated economic reforms that would strengthen the government's role | back 24 True |
front 25 Both liberals and conservatives accept most of the economic reforms of the New Deal | back 25 True |