American Government Ch. 4

A political culture exists where __

there is a patterned and sustained way of thinking about political and economic life

The widely-shared commitment to economic individualism in the U.S. may help explain how the American public thinks about particular public policies, especially when analyzing ___

those on welfare

___ is a belief that one has an obligation to participate in civic and political affairs.

Civic duty

The text suggests that although there has been no official religion established in the United States, the culture has been influenced considerably by Protestantism, especially in its __ form.

Puritan

Compared to the average European, the average American is more likely to ____

acknowledge clear standards of right and wrong

__ is the element found in the American view of the political system that says Americans generally feel people ought to help others out when they can.

civic duty

According to cross-national surveys, the French and British are far more likely than Americans to believe in the importance of ____ equality for all citizens.

economic

All of the following are basic elements of US political culture EXCEPT __

economic equality

Compared to other nations, Americans are most likely to believe in the value of __

hard work

Which of the following characterizes Max Weber's Protestant ethic?

hard work

Of the five important elements associated with the American view of the political system, the text suggests Americans are "preoccupied" with ___

liberty

The text suggests public confidence in government has been in steady decline by and large since the ___

mid-1960's.

In the United States, most people, regardless of their job, think of themselves as ____

middle class

In the 1800s, Alexis de Tocqueville visited the United States to conduct research on its ______ and he used his findings to help explain the success of democracy in the United States.

prison systems

Scholar Robert Putnam argues that the more ____ a community has, the greater the level of trust among its members, and the easier it is to achieve common goals outside of government.

social capital

A classic study of political culture in five nations found that citizens of ___ had a stronger sense of civic duty than the others.

the United States

One definition of class consciousness is ____.

thinking of oneself as a worker whose interests are in opposition to those of management