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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| political culture | the widely shared beliefs, values, and norms about how citizens relate to governments and to one another |
| social culture | democratic and civic habits of discussion, compromise, and respect for differences, which grow out of participation in voluntary organizations |
| natural rights | the rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights |
| democratic consensus | widespread agreement on fundamental principles of democratic governance and the values the values that undergird them |
| majority rule | governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority |
| popular soverignty | a belief that ultimate power resides in the people |
| american dream | the widespread belief that the united states is a land of opportunity and that individual initiative and hard work can bring economic success |
| capitalism | an economic system characterized by private property, competitive markets, economic incentives, and limited government involvement in the production, distibution, and pricing of goods and services |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| monopoly | domination of an industry by a single company that fixes prices and discourages competition; also, the company that dominates the industry by these means |
| antitrust legistlation | federal laws (starting with the Sherman Act of 1890) that tried to prevent a monopoly from dominating an industry and restraining trade |
| political ideology | a consistent pattern of beliefs about political values and the role of government |
| liberalism | a belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity |
| conservatism | a belief that limited government insures order competitive markets and personal opportunity |
| socialism | an economic and governmental system based on public based on public ownership of the means of production and exchange |
| libertarianism | an ideology that cherishes indivdual liberty and insists on minimal government, promoting a free market economy, a noninterventionist foreign polic, and an absense of regulation in moral, economic, and social life |
| environmentalism | an ideology that is dominated by concern for the environment but also promotes grassroots democracy, social justice, equal opportunity, nonviolence, respect for diversity, and feminism |
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