1.3. American Political Culture Score:

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1 SS merican Political ulture Score: 1. Shortly after the ratification of the onstitution, people began to form competing groups called, which were organized to win elections. factions sectarians political parties interest groups political action committees 2. The process by which competing interests determine who gets what, when, and how is called voting. separation of powers. checks and balances. politics. gateways. 3. To ensure that one branch does not become too powerful, the onstitution divides power among the three branches to create a system of checks and balances. federalism. separation of powers. majority rule. democracy. 4. When people have a fairly consistent set of views over a range of policy choices, they are said to have a(n) alliance. faction. political ideology. political party. democratic ideal. Page 1 of 5

2 5. is a partnership that is a psychological attachment to a particular party that relates to political ideology, yet it is more personal than philosophical. Political ideology Party identification Political culture Political party Political capitalism 6., on the left end of the political spectrum, favor(s) government efforts to increase equality, which includes higher taxes on the wealthy and greater provision of social benefits to support those in need. Political ideology Political culture Ideology onservatives Liberals 7., on the right end of the political spectrum, believe that lower taxes will prompt greater economic growth that will ultimately benefit everyone, including the poor. onservatives Liberals emocrats narchists Moderates 8. With regard to political ideology, most mericans are conservatives. liberals. libertarians. Page 2 of 5

3 9. When someone opposes concentrated wealth and adheres to traditional moral values, they are called conservative. liberal. libertarian. moderate. populist. 10. sizable number of mericans have described themselves as ; that is, they believe that the government should not interfere in economic or social matters. conservatives. libertarians. liberals. 11. shared way of thinking about community and government and the relationship between them is called political culture. political ideology. political parties. political factionalism. political currency. 12. merican political culture as a whole generally favors over communal approaches to property and poverty. socialism Marxism industrialization individualism liberalism Page 3 of 5

4 13. The United States tends to favor, an economic system in which business enterprises and key industries are privately owned. capitalism communism libertarianism populism socialism 14. merican political culture is founded upon individualism. capitalism. egalitarianism. limited regulation of businesses. all of these. 15. is a set of beliefs that holds people, not the government, responsible for their own well-being. Pluralism Populism Majoritarianism Libertarianism Individualism 16. In the 1950s, the sociologist. Wright Mills wrote of a(n) from corporations, government, and the military that controlled the gates and gateways to power. faction pluralist group narrow power elite interest group political party Page 4 of 5

5 17. In the 1960s, the political scientist Robert ahl argued that policy making has a(n) basis, with authority held by different groups in different areas. democratic diffused elitist majoritarian pluralist 18. policy-making process in which those with a numerical majority hold the authority is called diffused. elitist. majoritarian pluralist. all of these. 19. Groups of citizens who share a common interest by trying to influence public policy to benefit themselves are known as party identification groups. interest groups. policy agenda groups. Page 5 of 5