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AP. Gov Unit 4 Vocab

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Social Capital   Social structure that is dictated by social norms and is used to facilitate coordination, and cooperation for mutual benefit  
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Monopoly   When one company is the only one to offer a certain good or service within a marketplace without any competition  
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Political Culture   Widely shared beliefs, values, and norms concerning the relationship of citizens to Government and to one another  
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AntiTrust Legislation   Laws to limit monopolies and encourage competition  
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Natural Rights   The rights that all people to dignity and worth, and that Government, as the primary threats to those rights, must be limited and controlled  
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Political Ideology   Liberal, Conservative, Environmentalist, Libertarian, Communist, Socialist, Etc..  
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Democratic Consensus   A fairly widespread agreement on the fundamental principles of governance and values  
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Liberalism   Big Government ideology, Democrats in America  
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Conservatism   Small Government ideology, Republicans in America  
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Majority Rule   Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority of regular elections. More than 50%  
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Popular Soverignty   People have the ultimate power, under this concept the Government is in place to serve the people instead of the other way around  
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Socialism   Political ideology in which the Government controls almost all major industries within a country, still allows the right to private property  
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American Dream   Widespread belief that the United States is a land of opportunity, and that individual initiative and hard work can bring economic success (Jacksonian Democracy) created by Andrew Jackson  
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Environmentalism   Political Ideology that the main focus is Global Warming and Climate Change, the Green Party in America  
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Capitalism   Free market competition driven economic concept  
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Libertarianism   Political ideology that believes all matter should be up to the individual and or states with the exception of issues of Foreign Policy and National Security  
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