Political Science Intro to American Government

Political Science The Preamble of the constitution stipulates certain purposes of government. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the Preamble as the role of government? - Provide free education to all In the United States political Legitimacy is derived from? - Public sense that the government is acting in accordance to the constitution and on behalf of the people Which of the following defines Totalitarianism? - A small group of leaders that make all political decisions for society, including authority over religion, education, the economy, and family life. Which of the following characterizes the American government? - Federal Republic According to the theory of Pluralism Who has the power in the United States? - Multiple interest groups fighting for power and having to compromise The set of ideas and values and ways of thinking about government, politics, and rights shared by all citizens is also referred to as? - Political Culture Which of the following values is most important to all Americans? - Individual freedom When most Americans refer to equality what do they mean? - Equality of opportunity and equality before the law. (equal justice under law) Which political philosopher would state that private property is the root of all evil and should be abolished? - Rousseau Which of the following ideologies falls on the far left in a traditional spectrum of ideology? - Socialism People who believe that the economy should be run by the market and that the government should not attempt to regulate the economy or redistribute wealth share the ideology that is known as? - Libertarians Demographic change refers to: - a change in the ethnic, religious, and age of the population Policies intended to transfer wealth from the wealthy to the poor and level the playing field in hiring and firing are sometimes opposed by Americans because? - They are not consistent with American political culture which stresses equality of opportunity but not equality of results. Which of the following is most likely to have a deep and wide agreement? - political culture According to the Marxist theory of power distribution, who has the power in American politics? - the rich elite According to James Madison in the Federalist papers #10, and 51 who has the power in American politics? - a plurality of factions Absolute Monarchy uses the following principle to legitimize the power of the ruler? - Divine Rights Which of the following statements is most likely to characterize the ideas of Thomas Hobbes? - People are born with a selfish and evil character and only a strong civil society or government such as a Leviathan can bring peace to the country Which of the following philosophers is most associated with the ideas of the American Declaration of Independence? - Locke From left to right, left being weakest central government and strongest lower level governments, right being strongest central government and weakest lower level governments, pick the correct order. - Confederation, Federalism, Unitary Which of the following political struggles is likely to take place in American society? - Cultural struggle between social orthodox and social progressives