Discuss the four sources of American political culture mentioned in the text.
What will be an ideal response?
? An adversarial spirit-Reflects not only preoccupation with rights, but America's long-standing distrust of authority and of people wielding power.
?Federalism-The creation of a federal system with divided political authority among competing institutions provides ample opportunity for participation in politics.
?The absence of an established religion-Meant that religious diversity was inevitable.
?The characteristics of the American family-All aspects of culture, including political, are preserved and transmitted to new generations primarily by the family.
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An example of a difference in treatment toward certain groups that qualifies as reasonable is
A. classifying people according to race. B. taxing different income levels at different rates. C. classifying people according to ethnic group. D. classifying people according to religion. E. None of these are correct.
Explain how, although federal spending over the past half-century has increased by 670% in real (inflation-adjusted) dollars and federal programs and activities have also increased, the federal workforce has scarcely grown at all.
What will be an ideal response?
The Treaty of Westphalia is important because it
a. laid the foundation of the Cold War. b. united Eastern and Western Europe. c. recognized the existence of sovereign states. d. promoted human rights.
Agency executives will often ignore an issue if:
a. They do not agree with it ideologically. b. They are too busy with management problems. c. They feel it will lead to internal conflict. d. All of the above choices are correct.