Answer the following questions.
1) Check all that apply.
What are FOUR paradoxes on which political culture was formed?
2) Check all that apply.
What are the differences the early citizenry had to overcome to develop a political culture that sustained democracy?
family tradition differences |
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leadership differences |
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charter differences |
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religious differences |
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political ideology differences |
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ethnic differences |
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territorial concerns |
3) Select the best answer.
In order for Americans to be united, their diversity must unite around which two themes?
equality and individualism |
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morality and work ethic |
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individualism and industrialism |
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equality and freedom from discrimination |
4) Select the best answer.
What did Tocqueville mean when he stated, “Democratic peoples want equality in freedom, and if they cannot have that, they still want equality in slavery”?
American people than freedom. |
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Tocqueville believed that as people became freer, they would be more equal. |
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greed. |
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equality. |
5) Select the best answer.
How are immigration problems different today from problems that existed early in the history of the nation?
immigration is an issue raising the question of whether or not immigrants should be allowed to receive governmental services. |
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from Asia and Africa. |
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prejudice. |
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on a sound financial footing. |
6) Check all that apply.
Select THREE reasons Tocqueville thought American politics was “peculiar in nature.”
Immigrants could quickly become landowners when they came to America. |
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The diversity in America contributed to common core values accepted by all Americans. |
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A common man with a strong work ethic could participate in capitalism as readily as the elite. |
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America was the only country at the time without a monarch as ruler. |
7) Select the best answer.
Which statement best represents the American Dream?
Americans desire to retire early and spend all their time in leisure. |
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Citizens own a home, two cars, and have at least three children. |
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and happier life. |
8) Type the correct answer.
Explain your answer.
9) Type the correct answer.
Do the attitudes of citizens form the basis of the political culture of their nation?
Explain your answer.
10) Type the correct answer.
What bias did Benjamin Franklin display when he said, “Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a colony of Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our Language or Customs any more than they can acquire our Complexion?”