American political culture can best be defined as

American political culture can best be defined as
 
  a. being dominated by deep ideological divisions.
  b. having active participation in political life by most people.
  c. containing a general distrust of presidents.
  d. holding a widespread desire for limited government.
  e. seeing massive political demonstrations leading to the formulation of policy.

 Q. 2

Until the late __________, most observers thought that the United States was one of the countries most conducive to democracy.
 
  a. 1940s
  b. 1950s
  c. 1970s
  d. 1960s
  e. 1930s

 Q. 3

Which groups emerged in the 1960s and were composed of liberal voters who sought economic equality and protection for the poor, but also introduced the promotion of civil rights and opposition to the Vietnam War?
 
  a. Old Left
  b. New Left
  c. Old Right
  d. New Right
  e. Middle

 Q. 4

The new left and new right in American politics describes primarily
 
  a. the emergence of new issues in the past 40 years.
  b. the involvement of new and younger people in politics.
  c. a realignment of voters.
  d. a decline in participation.
  e. an abandonment of traditional methods of participation.

 Q. 5

Which political ideology has never really generated much support in the American national political arena?
 
  a. Republicans
  b. Independents
  c. Socialists
  d. Democrats
  e. All of these groups have received substantial political support.

 Q. 6

In__________ Madison advocated concentrating power in larger jurisdictions such as the federal government.
 
  a. Federalist 10
  b. Federalist 21
  c. Federalist 51
  d. Federalist 15
  e. Federalist 85

 Q. 7

The Federalist Papers highlighted the ideas of this philosopher about separating powers.
 
  a. John Locke
  b. Thomas Hobbs
  c. Aristotle
  d. Baron de Montesquieu
  e. Rene Descartes