American Government Clep

American Government Clep
Early Immigration -->Western and northern Europe.


Second Wave -->Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe; before and after
World War II


Recent Immigration -->Large numbers of people from Latin America and Asia


Machine Politics -->an organizational style of local politics in which party bosses
traded jobs, money, and favors for votes and campaign support


Liberty -->Freedom for people to do what they want


Limited government -->places relatively few restrictions on it's citizens' freedom.


Laissez-faire capitalism -->government that places relatively few restrictions on its
citizens' freedom


Equality -->treated the same as everyone else


Political equality -->equality in political decision making: one vote per person, with
all votes counted equally


Equality of opportunity -->Giving people an equal chance to succeed.


Popular Sovereignty -->rule by the people


Majority Rule -->the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can
make decisions binding on the whole group

, Tyranny of the majority -->majority would ignore the basic rights of the minority


Individualism -->a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-
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reliance and personal independence
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Rugged individualism -->the willingness of individuals to stand along and struggle
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long and hard to survive and prosper
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Conformism -->trying to be like everyone else g g g g g g g




Unity -->the quality of being united into one
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Diversity -->difference, variety g g




Multiculturalism -->embrace diversity and learn about others cultures g g g g g g g




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Political efficacy -->belief that one's actions can make a difference in govt. and that
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American exceptional-ism -->the idea that the U.S. differs from the rest of the world
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Divine Providences -->The idea that America has been chosen by God to be a beacon
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Just principles -->Unlike most states, the US was founded on ideas and principles, not
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Geography and resources -->The great wealth of resources and relative isolation of
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