American Government

Both liberals and conservatives accept most of the economic reforms of the New Deal

Populists and progressives advocated economic reforms that would strengthen the government's role

Contemporary liberals believe that a strong central government is necessary to reduce economic inequalities and enhance personal morality

Neoliberals have repudiated the New Deal and Great Society legacies while emphasizing the promotion of wealth

Edmund Burke believed that inequality among men meant that a ruling class of ability and property must control government

Early American conservatives believed that only men who owned property should be allowed to vote.

Contemporary conservatism remains essentially an ideology of the wealthy upper class

Democratic socialism essentially supports the democratic process and the ideals of capitalism

Libertarians would support the repeal of laws forbidding prostitution, pornography, and gambling.

With what is political ideology concerned?
A.   proper functions of government
B.   issues of liberty and equality
C.   distribution of goods and services
D.   all of the above

Radical ideologies such as democratic socialism and libertarianism
A.   accept the basic principles of capitalism as a successful economic system
B.   function outside of the democratic process
C.   challenge much of the existing social and political order
D.   have become a major challenge to liberalism and conservatism

According to John Locke's contract theory of the state, which of the following is true?
A.   the experience of past generations is the most reliable guide to good government
B.   the state gains its legitimacy from the consent of the governed
C.   a ruling class of ability and property much control government
D.   all men and women are allowed a voice in government

Classical Liberal such as Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson believed
A.   that unregulated capitalism resulted in rule by a moneyed aristocracy
B.   that government expenditures should be limited to infrastructure projects such as roads and canals
C.   that liberty was the absence of government interference with the rights of citizens
D.   in a strong central government

Which of the following classical liberal beliefs did populism and progressive oppose?
A.   a ruling class of ability and property should run government
B.   the role of government should be limited
C.   governmnet should be further democratized by extending the franchise.
D.   railroads, telegraph, and basic industries should be nationalized

New Deal contemporary liberalism
A.   is based on the belief that government should provide basic material guarantees for every individual
B.   favored a decreased role of government in the economy
C.   changed the constituency of liberalism to include the entrepreneurial class
D.   repudiated the ideals of capitalism

In the areas of national security and personal morality, liberals
A.   seek to increase the role of government
B.   support expanding the role of the CIA in foreign affairs
C.   are likely to oppose military intervention as the main approach to foreign policy
D.   show little tolerance to different lifestyles

Neoliberals
A.   favor tying civil service and military benefits to the cost to living
B.   prefer reducing defense spending to military reforms
C.   favor policies that call for greater government and business cooperation
D.   support expanding the size and role of government unions

What did Edmund Burke believe?
A.   there was a natural equality among men
B.   each generation should remake society to fit the changing environment
C.   society grew slowly and with purpose
D.   governmnet should listen to the public's appreciation of tradition and custom

Which of the following is true of John Adams?
A.   He called for universal manhood suffrage
B.   he believed that laws and government are needed to promote public virtue and curb private greed
C.   He agreed with Burke's association of property rights with a landed aristocracy.
D.   he supported Jefferson's notion of the natural goodness of humankind

According to William Graham Summer, with what two chief things does government have to deal?
A.   crime and poverty
B.   the property of men and the honor of women
C.   social welfare and economic growth
D.   military defense and civil liberties

Which of the following statement about contemporary conservatives is false?
A.   they defend economic individualism against the growth of the welfare state
B.   they believe taht the state must promote virtue and social responsiblity
C.   they oppose the use of the popular referendum and other means of direct democracy
D.   they challenge the idea of quotas and other affirmative action policies

Neoconservatives
A.   stress policies that lower taxes on large incomes
B.   call for more regulation of business to promote economic growth
C.   support the idea of welfare state in principle but not in practice
D.   support racial and sexual quotas

Democratic socialists believe in
A.   a limit on individual wealth and property
B.   equality of results
C.   extensive governmental regulation of the economy
D. all of the above

Which of the following do contemporary American socialists favor?
A.   a massive public works program for rebuilding America's infrastructure
B.   public ownership characterized by government owned and controlled businesses and factories
C.   dismantling the New Deal welfare state
D.   increasing the work week to 45 hours so as to encourage economic growth

To what can the intellectual roots of libertarianism be traced?
A.   populism and progressivism
B.   classical liberalism
C.   the philosophy of Edmund Burke
D.   the New Deal