A) America's origins as a wilderness society led to the belief that government is responsible for providing material assistance to its citizens.
B) Americans place a greater emphasis than Europeans on personal advancement through education.
C) Never has an American majority expressed a willingness to entrust health insurance fully to the government.
D) America has a strong individualistic culture.
E) America's individualistic culture has not proven to be an absolute barrier to government assistance programs.
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A) the state is run by corporate interests and companies instead of individuals.
B) control rests with a small group of popularly elected individuals.
C) control rests with a single individual,such as a dictator.
D) control rests with a small group,such as military officers or a few wealthy families.
E) the state controls all aspects of individuals' lives,including family relations and the practice of religion.
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A) reduced the restrictiveness of constitutionalism.
B) enhanced the powers of the executive.
C) further checked the power of the majority.
D) enhanced the majoritarian nature of government.
E) restricted the power of corporate influence in the government.
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A) is evidenced when government officials use their right to exercise power.
B) is by definition not coercive.
C) does not include the power to arrest and imprison.
D) ensures that lawlessness prevails most of the time.
E) is based on pluralism.
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A) constitutes a "corporate dictatorship".
B) was "born free".
C) formed a perfect union.
D) is basically a monarchical state.
E) "perfected" socialist democracy.
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A) communistic
B) socialistic
C) authoritarian
D) egalitarian
E) republican
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A) admits to no limits on its power.
B) may control the media and direct the economy,but maintains public support by allowing such social rights as freedom of religion.
C) controls through one-party rule,though it may allow some semblance of party opposition.
D) controls through multi-party rule,in which it controls the electoral process to ensure its own party always achieves a majority.
E) is often overthrown by opposition political parties or popular movements because it lacks legitimacy.
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A) the right to trial by jury
B) the need to charge an arrested suspect with a specific crime within 24 hours of arrest
C) the requirement that police read a suspect his rights before or during arrest
D) government provision of free legal counsel to the accused if they are too poor to hire a lawyer
E) the practice of allowing a suspect out on bail until the time of the trial
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A) Corporations and unions were prevented from directly creating and airing campaign advertisements or political messages on national media.
B) Individual citizens were granted the same campaign spending rights previously possessed only by corporations and unions.
C) Corporations and unions were barred by law from spending money to influence the outcome of U.S.federal elections.
D) Corporations and unions were no longer barred by law from U.S.federal election spending that was derived from their economic activity.
E) The ban against corporations and unions from spending money to influence state elections was lifted,but the ban remained in place for federal elections.
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A) majoritarianism
B) elitism
C) corporate power
D) judicial action
E) constitutionalism
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A) The government does not attempt to manage the overall economy,but owns a number of major industries and provides for people's basic economic needs.
B) The government manages the overall economy through ownership of most major industries,and does not allow private property.
C) The economy operates almost exclusively on private transactions.
D) The government does little to manage the economy and owns no major industries,serving mainly to provide for people's basic economic needs.
E) Firms are largely free to make their own production,distribution,and pricing decisions,and individuals depend largely on themselves for economic security.
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A) majoritarianism.
B) pluralism.
C) elitism.
D) constitutionalism.
E) corporate power.
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A) Among adults twenty-one years of age and older,roughly half are college graduates
B) Among adults twenty-one years of age and older,roughly one in four is a college graduate.
C) Every U.S.state has at least twenty colleges or universities within its borders.
D) Despite having a much higher rate of colleges and universities per capita than European countries;the U.S.has a lower rate of college graduation per capita.
E) Although the U.S.has a lower number of colleges and universities per capita than Europe,it has a much higher rate of college graduation per capita.
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A) the majoritarian nature of the voting and election system
B) the ability of any individual to aspire to high political office
C) the judicial nature of American politics,in which any individual can challenge powerful interests
D) the emphasis that Americans place on economic self-reliance and free markets
E) the ability of the individual to join in labor unions and interest groups to pursue his or her political and financial self-interests
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A) politics.
B) government.
C) elitism.
D) socialism.
E) communism.
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A) activist organizations.
B) labor unions.
C) business firms.
D) foreign-based political action groups.
E) nonprofit organizations.
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A) the top 1 percent.
B) elite political families such as the Kennedys and the Bushes.
C) middle class Americans.
D) small businesses.
E) large corporations.
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