POL101 M3 Mastery Exercise

The new twentieth-century liberalism fully emerged with the advent of the ________, a program initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to fight the Great Depression of the 1930s. Social Contract New Deal Great Society Fair Deal

Ch 6 "Liberalism, Capitalism, and Democracy," the new twentieth-century liberalism fully emerged with the advent of the New Deal, a program initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to fight the Great Depression of the 1930s.

________ is a system of governance where citizens vote directly on matters of public policy. Direct democracy Laissez faire Populism Pluralism

Direct Democracy Ch 6 "Toward a Definition of Liberal Democracy," direct democracy is a system of governance where citizens vote directly on matters of public policy.

Which of the following ideas was a contribution to liberal democracy by the Protestant Reformation? Equality under God Expanded citizenship Freedom of individuals to find God on their own Belief that rulers must follow a higher law

Freedom of individuals to find God on their own Ch 6 "The Sources of Liberal Democracy," Martin Luther, a leader of the Protestant Reformation, believed that individuals did not need to be completely subservient to their church and, if given intellectual freedom to pursue their own ideas, would find God on their own.

Which of the following is not an operative ideal of liberal democracy? Popular government Rights-respecting government Government by a wise elite Constitutional government

Government by a wise elite Ch 6 "The Ideals of Liberal Democracy," liberal democracy embraces the concept of pluralism, which means that contending interests compete in the political arena, and individuals choose leaders to represent their interests.

Which of the following statements best represents John Locke's view on how the political good life is achieved? It is achieved when citizens unite in a social contract to foster their common purposes. It is achieved when there is a balance between the people and nobility. It is achieved by liberating people from oppression. It is achieved when it is guided by inalienable sovereignty under the general will.

It is achieved when citizens unite in a social contract to foster their common purposes. Ch 5 "Modern Political Thought," Locke believed that the political good life is achieved when citizens unite in a social contract to foster their common purposes.

Which political philosopher held the greatest faith in the general public? Edmund Burke Jean-Jacques Rousseau Plato Machiavelli

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Ch 5 "Modern Political Thought," Rousseau's ideas demonstrate that he had great faith in the general public.

Which political philosopher believed that people in the state of nature enjoy certain natural, inalienable rights, especially the rights to life, liberty, and property? Aristotle Niccolò Machiavelli Thomas Hobbes John Locke

John Locke Ch 5 "Modern Political Thought," John Locke wrote that people naturally enjoy certain inalienable rights, especially those of life, liberty, and property. However, to secure these rights, they enter into social contracts which establish governments to make laws, carry them out, and settle disputes.

Who is the author of On Liberty? Edmund Burke John Locke John Stuart Mill Karl Marx

John Stuart Mill Ch 5 "Modern Political Thought," John Stuart Mill wrote On Liberty, which explored the nature and limits of power—in particular, the amount of power that authorities can exercise over individuals.

According to ________, universal human emancipation can be achieved via proletarian or communist revolution. John Stuart Mill Augustine Karl Marx Adolf Hitler

Karl Marx Ch 5 "Modern Political Thought," Karl Marx believed that universal human emancipation can be achieved via proletarian or communist revolution.

According to Aristotle, which form of government provides the best practicable good life? Communism Polity Monarchy Democracy

Polity Ch 5 "Classical Greek Thought," polity, or constitutional government, is a mixture of democracy and oligarchy (government by the rich). This type of government would be controlled by a well-educated, wealthy, and reasonably virtuous middle class. It would not be feared by the rich or envied by the poor.

Which ideological group generally tends to favor government intervention in economic affairs? Anarchists Conservatives Populists Libertarians

Populists Ch 6 "Variations on the Liberal Democratic Theme," modern populists (a term for liberals) generally tend to favor government intervention in economic affairs. Conservatives are generally opposed to government regulation of the economy.

For which of the following was Plato not criticized? Advocating a rigid class society Hostility toward democracy Support of censorship Reluctance to move from opinion to knowledge

Reluctance to move from opinion to knowledge Ch 5 "Classical Greek Thought," Plato was not criticized for having a reluctance to move from opinion to knowledge.

Niccolò Machiavelli wrote during which time period? The Renaissance Ancient Greece The Enlightenment The height of the Roman Empire

The Renaissance Ch 5 "The Renaissance," Machiavelli wrote in Italy during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, during the Renaissance.

This 2001 legislative act raised significant constitutional questions regarding issues such as executive power and surveillance of citizens. The National Security Act The Boland Amendment The USA PATRIOT Act The Defense of Marriage Act

The USA Patriot Act Ch 6 "An Assessment of Liberal Democracy," the USA Patriot Act, passed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, gave broad powers of surveillance to the federal government, which raised constitutional questions.

________, written by Adam Smith, became the inspiration for the nineteenth-century liberal policy restricting government interference in economic matters. The Social Contract Leviathan City of God The Wealth of Nations

The Wealth of Nations Ch 6 "Liberalism, Capitalism, and Democracy," The Wealth of Nations, written by Adam Smith, became the inspiration for the nineteenth-century liberal policy restricting government interference in economic matters.

It was ________ who characterized the life of man in the state of nature as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." Thomas Hobbes John Locke Jean-Jacques Rousseau Machiavelli

Thomas Hobbes Ch 5 "Modern Political Thought," Thomas Hobbes characterized the life of man in the state of nature as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

What was the world's first large modern republic? Germany Great Britain United States France

United States Ch 6 "The Sources of Liberal Democracy," the United States was the world's first large modern republic.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau advocated popular sovereignty (direct democracy) as the best way to ________. control government policy and leaders raise enough taxes to fund social services overthrow dictators limit individual freedoms

control government policy and leaders Ch 5 "Modern Political Thought," Rousseau was a strong and vocal advocate of government of the people through their leaders.

John Locke believed that in a state of nature, people possess the inalienable natural rights of life, liberty, and ________. property pursuit of happiness equality safety

property Ch 5 "Modern Political Thought," Locke believed that in a state of nature, people possess the inalienable natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

Women gained the right to vote in the United States with ________. the Sixteenth Amendment in 1913 the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 the Twentieth Amendment in 1933 the Twenty-fourth Amendment in 1964

the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 Ch 6 "Liberalism, Capitalism, and Democracy," the 19th Amendment, passed in 1920, enfranchised female voters in the United States.