AMERICAN HERITAGE FINAL BYU UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Progressive amendments are ______
Answer:
16-21
Question:
2. Winthrop is compared to____________
Answer:
Andrew Carnegie
Question:
3. Hoover had ___________________ and wanted ___________ compared
to________.
Answer:
Negative liberty, moderation, FDR
Question:
4. What are the Three Founding Moments (changed gov't)
and who said it?
Answer:
1. Philadelphia convention/constitution
2. Reconstruction/Civil War Amendments
3. New deal
Bruce Ackerman
Question:
5. What Social Classes Owe Each Other: By Sumner
Answer:
The forgotten man, according to Sumner's definition, is someone looking for a
chance to make it on his own -- and who the government can help most by
protecting economic freedom, providing a stable currency, and limiting the
burden of taxation.
Question:
6. Rugged Individualism: By Herbert Hoover
Answer:
More negative freedom than FDR, liberties same otherwise become like a tyranny
,Question:
7. The Gospel of Wealth
By Andrew Carnegie
Answer:
1. Invest
2. Give it to children
3. Spend on behalf of the public good, while alive. (Best option)
- He argued that the affluent had a unique responsibility to be philanthropic. In
other words, the rich should devote themselves to distributing their wealth
responsibly to benefit society while they are still alive. He famously ends saying,
'The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.'
Question:
8. The Golden Age of the Middle Class
Answer:
Baby boom area so first time in a while that people had leisure time.
Talked about GI Bill: Paid for veterans to go to college and get a degree.
Question:
9. Letter from Birmingham Jail by MLK Jr.
Answer:
Remember 4 steps to non-violent campaign.
1. Collect facts to determine whether injustices exist.
2. Negotiations
3. Self-purification
4. Direct Action (non-violent)
Also remember Just/Unjust Laws (We should not obey unfair laws)
Must break law 1. openly, 2. lovely and 3. accept consequences.
Question:
10. New Freedom
Answer:
Constitution is an evolving thing-needs to adapt to modern needs, "gov't is not a
machine but a living thing." -Woodrow Wilson
Question:
11. Plessy vs. Ferguson
Answer:
Took place in 1896 (Long time before civil rights movement)
Set a precedent for civil rights movement
Plessy was 1/8 black, kicked off an all-white train, took it to Supreme Court and
they ruled that separate but equal was ok.
(However Justice Harlan thought this would cause problems later on.)
, Question:
12. Los Angeles Club
Answer:
Two problems are political machines and large corporations.
Question:
13. Sandel
Answer:
Chapter 9- Moral Individualism
Focusing on yourself
Kant and Rawls favored this (believed that the right is prior to the good)
Different from Aristotle who believed your religious and moral beliefs should
affect your actions
Question:
14. Moral Responsibility
Answer:
Natural duties-universal, don't require consent, be respectful towards everybody
else
Voluntary obligations-particular, require consent, anything you give your consent
to helping people
Obligations of solidarity-particular but don't require consent (Sandel likes this, ex.
like helping the poor)
Question:
15. Chapter 10-The Inspired Constitution
Answer:
Some parts of Constitution are divinely inspired (new ideas)
Question:
16. Dealing with Factions
Answer:
1. Can't eliminate causes
2. Control effects (extended republic-no faction can create a majority)(Like crabs
in a bucket)
3. Separation of powers (each branch has a specific job)
4. Checks and balances
Question:
17. Brown vs. Board of Education
Answer:
Separate is NOT EQUAL (Took awhile for all schools to enforce)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Progressive amendments are ______
Answer:
16-21
Question:
2. Winthrop is compared to____________
Answer:
Andrew Carnegie
Question:
3. Hoover had ___________________ and wanted ___________ compared
to________.
Answer:
Negative liberty, moderation, FDR
Question:
4. What are the Three Founding Moments (changed gov't)
and who said it?
Answer:
1. Philadelphia convention/constitution
2. Reconstruction/Civil War Amendments
3. New deal
Bruce Ackerman
Question:
5. What Social Classes Owe Each Other: By Sumner
Answer:
The forgotten man, according to Sumner's definition, is someone looking for a
chance to make it on his own -- and who the government can help most by
protecting economic freedom, providing a stable currency, and limiting the
burden of taxation.
Question:
6. Rugged Individualism: By Herbert Hoover
Answer:
More negative freedom than FDR, liberties same otherwise become like a tyranny
,Question:
7. The Gospel of Wealth
By Andrew Carnegie
Answer:
1. Invest
2. Give it to children
3. Spend on behalf of the public good, while alive. (Best option)
- He argued that the affluent had a unique responsibility to be philanthropic. In
other words, the rich should devote themselves to distributing their wealth
responsibly to benefit society while they are still alive. He famously ends saying,
'The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.'
Question:
8. The Golden Age of the Middle Class
Answer:
Baby boom area so first time in a while that people had leisure time.
Talked about GI Bill: Paid for veterans to go to college and get a degree.
Question:
9. Letter from Birmingham Jail by MLK Jr.
Answer:
Remember 4 steps to non-violent campaign.
1. Collect facts to determine whether injustices exist.
2. Negotiations
3. Self-purification
4. Direct Action (non-violent)
Also remember Just/Unjust Laws (We should not obey unfair laws)
Must break law 1. openly, 2. lovely and 3. accept consequences.
Question:
10. New Freedom
Answer:
Constitution is an evolving thing-needs to adapt to modern needs, "gov't is not a
machine but a living thing." -Woodrow Wilson
Question:
11. Plessy vs. Ferguson
Answer:
Took place in 1896 (Long time before civil rights movement)
Set a precedent for civil rights movement
Plessy was 1/8 black, kicked off an all-white train, took it to Supreme Court and
they ruled that separate but equal was ok.
(However Justice Harlan thought this would cause problems later on.)
, Question:
12. Los Angeles Club
Answer:
Two problems are political machines and large corporations.
Question:
13. Sandel
Answer:
Chapter 9- Moral Individualism
Focusing on yourself
Kant and Rawls favored this (believed that the right is prior to the good)
Different from Aristotle who believed your religious and moral beliefs should
affect your actions
Question:
14. Moral Responsibility
Answer:
Natural duties-universal, don't require consent, be respectful towards everybody
else
Voluntary obligations-particular, require consent, anything you give your consent
to helping people
Obligations of solidarity-particular but don't require consent (Sandel likes this, ex.
like helping the poor)
Question:
15. Chapter 10-The Inspired Constitution
Answer:
Some parts of Constitution are divinely inspired (new ideas)
Question:
16. Dealing with Factions
Answer:
1. Can't eliminate causes
2. Control effects (extended republic-no faction can create a majority)(Like crabs
in a bucket)
3. Separation of powers (each branch has a specific job)
4. Checks and balances
Question:
17. Brown vs. Board of Education
Answer:
Separate is NOT EQUAL (Took awhile for all schools to enforce)
