Discuss Max Weber's "Protestant ethic" and its influence on American political culture.
What will be an ideal response?
Early American religious ideas put forth that a believer had an obligation to work, save money, obey secular law, and do good works. According to Weber, this led to the rise of capitalism in America. The values also had political effects in that the people holding them were motivated to engage in civic and communal action.
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Tools of foreign policy include
A. the presidential will to act. B. powers granted under the Fourteenth Amendment. C. the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution. D. military power. E. All of these answers are correct.
Economic interest groups engage primarily in grassroots lobbying, whereas public interest groups focus mainly on direct lobbying of government officials
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Two trends evident in the development of American federalism throughout history are the ______.
a. expansion of American government in general and the gradual strengthening of the federal government b. simultaneous growth of the nullification movement and federal desire for financial resources c. increases in state power and fiscal resources at the expense of the federal government d. development of the property tax and the need for states to provide resources to the national government e. legalization of the income tax and devolution