PAC Final Exam- Lyons Quizzes & Ans..

PAC Final Exam- Lyons Quizzes & Ans.. False True or false? Postman believes the contemporary American culture is more like what Orwell described in 1984 False True or False? Postman (in Amusing Ourselves to Death) argues the Lincoln-Douglas debates were unsophisticated compared to modern political rhetoric True True or false? Postman argues (in Amusing Ourselves to Death) tv is not just an influence on our culture, but in some ways IS our culture. True True or False? Cultures based on the written word tend to value argument and reason, while cultures built around visual communication value appearance and emotion True True or false? Postman, in Amusing Ourselves to Death, believes the dominant mode of communication (oral, written, or visual) has a dramatic influence on how the culture perceives truth and authority True True or false? Postman (in Amusing Ourselves to Death) believes the "Peek-a-Boo" culture really began with the inventions of the photograph and the telegraph False True or false? The transition to a visual culture went in this order: books/text--photograph--radio--television/image True True or false? Television has had a significant impact on education by conditioning students to require entertainment in the classroom--according to Postman (Amusing Ourselves...) True True or false? Postman (Amusing Ourselves...) thinks religion, especially Christianity, is hard, doctrinal, and complex, which makes it a poor fit for tv portrayals True Postman (Amusing Ourselves to Death) believes television favors action and movement, so it struggles to portray thinking True True or false? Politicians are essentially sold as products in a television culture. They veer toward slogans and simplicity and away from complexity and nuance False True or false? Postman (Amusing Ourselves...) sees tv news as the one part of television that has largely remained factual and informative False True or false? TV, for all its flaws, at least adequately prepares voters as they attempt to hold politicians responsible for their actions True True or false? Roosevelt ("State of the Union Message...") sees rights in largely economic, as opposed to legal, terms False True or false? Wilson (The New Freedom) argues that America's attachment to its founding documents is one of its strengths False True or false? For progressives, liberty, not equality, appears to be the key political value False True or false? Wilson argues that constitutional limits on the powers of the presidency must be rigidly adhered to False True or false? Russell Kirk, in his Ten Conservative Principles, resists change of all sorts True True or false? For Russell Kirk and his Ten Conservative Principles, human nature is a constant, unchanging aspect of political reality False True or false? Reagan emphasizes governmental solutions to the most significant problems that confront us False True or false? Murray Rothbard, in For a New Liberty, thinks ALL organizations are coercive, so governments are not meaningfully different from corporations or other entities True True or false? In Murray Rothbard's For a New Liberty, he attempts to equate individual and governmental morality, thereby arguing what is immoral for one ought to be immoral for the other False True or false? In his 2nd Inaugural Address, Reagan shows a significant disconnect between himself and America's Founders False True or false? The Dred Scott v. Sandford decision ruled that African Americans were included in the Declaration of Independence and that the Founders intended them to become citizens True True or false? According to Abraham Lincoln in his Dred Scott speech, the Declaration of Independence did not intend to declare each and every person free in every respect at that time, but rather to establish a principle of freedom All of the above In King's "Letter," he argues that to be just, laws must... A. Apply to everyone equally B. Be made using the input of people potentially affected C. not degrade human dignity D. All of the above True True or False? King believed laws could be just on their face but still be applied unjustly False True or False? King saw white Christians as an asset in his struggle False True or false? The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise in the Dred Scott case The church should shape culture as opposed to reflecting culture King (in "Letter from a Birmingham Jail") believed that... A. white Christians have been a tremendous help in his struggles for equality B. all laws must be obeyed regardless of their justice C. African Americans should be patient and wait for the system to change D. the church should shape culture as opposed to reflecting culture E. None of the above school-sponsored graduation prayers; unconstitutional; they are psychologically coercive In Lee v. Weisman, the Supreme Court determined that ______ are _____ because _____. A. moments of silence; constitutional; there is no coercion involved B. segregated schools; inherently unequal; of the psychological stigma involved C. laws with a secular purpose; constitutional; there is not a solely religious motivation D. school-sponsored graduation prayers; unconstitutional; they are psychologically coercive False True or false? Thomas Jefferson's Letter to the Danbury Baptists claims that government can regulate religious beliefs, but not actions False True or false? Jefferson ("Letter to the Danbury Baptists") thinks that government and religion must work together for the good of the country True True or false? In Lee v. Weisman, the Supreme Court determined that prayer in a public school graduation ceremony violates the US Constitution's Establishment Clause True True or false? Chief Justice Rehnquist, in his dissenting opinion in Texas v. Johnson, reasons that burning the flag is not clearly articulating a political point of view because the flag is a national symbol, not connected to any party or idea. Therefore, Johnson's action could be punished because it was not a very political statement, but more like a "grunt." False True or false? In "On Liberty," J.S. Mill urges governments to determine what is true or false before they punish some forms of speech False True or false? According to the majority opinion in Texas v. Johnson, only spoken words, and not actions, qualify as "speech" according to the First Amendment