Ap Gov 3-4

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Civil Competence

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The belief that one can affect government policies.

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Civic Duty

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The feeling that one ought to do one's share in community affairs, irrespective of concrete awards.

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Class Consciousness

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The awareness of belonging to a particular socioeconomic group whose interests are different from those of others.

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Congregational

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A kind of church in which members control activities, whether erecting a building, hiring a preacher, or managing its finances.

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Equal Opportunity

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The condition in which people, although not guaranteed equal rewards, expect to have comparable chances to compete for those rewards.

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External Efficacy

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The belief that the system will respond to what citizens do.

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Individualism

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The inclination to believe that one's efforts and rewards in life are to be conducted and enjoyed by oneself, apart form larger social groupings.

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Internal Efficacy

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The confidence in one's own ability to understand and take part in political affairs.

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Liberty

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The condition of being relatively free of governmental restraints.

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Opposition Party

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A political party that opposes the majority part but within the context of the legal rules of the game.

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Orthodox

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People who believe that moral rules are derived from God, and unchanging, and are more important than individual choice.

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Political Culture

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A distinctive and patterned way of thinking about how political life ought to be carried out.

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Political Efficacy

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A citizen's capacity to understand and influence political events.

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Political Ideology

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A relatively consistent set of views of the policies government ought to pursue.

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Political Tolerance

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The belief that one can affect government policies.

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Progressive

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People who believe that moral rules are derived in part from an individual's beliefs and the circumstances of modern life.

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un-American

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A word used in naming a congressional committee to merge the concepts of acceptance of national values and goodness itself.

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Watergate

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A scandalrelating to the authorization by President Nixon and his aides of an illegal break=in to spy on the opposition party and their subsequent covering up of the conspiracy.

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Work Ethic

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A set of values that includes working hard, saving one's money, and obeying the law.

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T F Other nations have attempted the American model of government and experienced
military takeovers.

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True

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T F de Tocqueville argued American political culture was the byproduct of rich land and
resources.

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F He actually singled out our “moral and intellectual characteristics” as the primary factor in understanding our culture.

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T F The immigration policies of Japan are much more restrictive than those of the United
States.

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True

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T F The text suggests that Americans are preoccupied with their rights.

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True

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T F A majority of Americans believe people should have the right to vote even if they
cannot read or write or vote intelligently.

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True

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T F When the Southern states seceded from the Union, they modeled their government on
the Constitution and duplicated some of its language.

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True

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T F Americans are more willing to tolerate political inequality than they are economic
inequality.

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F They are more willing to tolerate economic inequality than they are political inequality.

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T F Americans generally support government regulation of business in order to keep some
firms from becoming too powerful and to correct specific abuses.

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True

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T F Americans generally dislike preferential hiring programs and the use of quotas to deal
with racial inequality.

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True

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T F The best way to learn what is distinctive about American political culture is to compare
it with that of other nations.

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True

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T F Swedes have much higher rates of political participation than Americans.

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True

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T F Americans are more interested in reaching decisions through the application of rules
than are the Japanese.

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True

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T F Americans tend to have a higher sense of civic confidence than citizens in many other
nations.

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True

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T F Americans tend to have very low levels of faith in public institutions in comparisons
with citizens in many other nations.

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F Our faith in institutions tends to be much higher than it is in other nations.

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T F A study of union and party leaders found Swedes were less likely than their American
counterparts to favor equal pay for workers.

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F Swedes are much more likely to favor equal pay for workers

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T F There is less income inequality in Sweden than in the United States.

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True

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T F From the time of its founding, until today, America has been among the most religious
countries in the world.

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True

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T F Religious ideas fueled the break with England.

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True

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T F Both liberals and conservatives have used religious pulpits to promote political change.

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True

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T F Federalists were suspicious that Jefferson intended to sell the country out to Spain.

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F The concern was that Jefferson would sell us out to France.

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T F Erikson’s study of American and European children noted a larger measure of equality
among American family members.

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True

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T F In America, most people, whatever their jobs, think of themselves as “middle class.”

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True

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T F The United States is the only large industrial democracy without a significant socialist
party.

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True

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T F In the culture war, “progressives” are said to value personal freedom as much as
traditional moral rules.

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True

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T F One notable feature of the “culture war” is that compromise is almost impossible to
arrange.

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True

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T F The steady decline in the proportion of Americans who say they trust the government
in Washington to do the right thing began in the 1970s.

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F It actually began in the 1950s.

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T F Levels of public trust in the government in Washington increased briefly during the
Reagan administration.

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True

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T F Americans are much more supportive of this country and its institutions than
Europeans are of theirs.

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True

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T F In immediate aftermath of the attacks of 9/11, Americans’ trust in the government
further eroded.

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It actually increased a bit, before leveling off and decreasing once again.

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T F Most Americans believe the government is run by “a few big interests.”

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True

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T F Since the 1960s, there has been a fairly sharp drop in internal political efficacy in the
United States.

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F Internal political efficacy has remained about the same. It is external political efficacy
which has declined considerably.

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T F The text suggests that, in concrete cases, a good many Americans are not very tolerant
of groups they dislike.

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True

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T F The text suggests that most Americans are ready to deny some groups its rights, but
simply cannot agree on which group it should be.

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True

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T F Since the 1960s, there has been a fairly sharp drop in internal political efficacy in the
United States.

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F Internal political efficacy has remained about the same. It is external political efficacy
which has declined considerably.

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T F The text suggests that, in concrete cases, a good many Americans are not very tolerant
of groups they dislike.

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True

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T F The text suggests that most Americans are ready to deny some groups its rights, but
simply cannot agree on which group it should be.

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True

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Compared with people in other democracies, Americans are particularly preoccupied with

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the assertion of rights.

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Which of the following is not among the important elements in the American view of the political
system?

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Equality of condition.

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Scholars infer the existence of political culture by observing

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the kinds of books Americans read.
the political choices Americans make.
the slogans Americans respond to.
the speeches Americans hear.

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The Civil War provides an illustration of

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the conflict between existing constitutional values and institutional values.

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One important piece of evidence that Americans have believed themselves bound by common
values and common hopes has been

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their use of the word Americanism.

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Scholars such as Kinder and Sears worry that the widely shared commitment to economic
individualism and personal responsibility might be a kind of camouflage for

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had about the same attitudes as 1924 respondents.

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When a 1924 study in Muncie, Indiana, was repeated in 1977, it found that 1977 respondents

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had about the same attitudes as 1924 respondents.

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Which of the following statements regarding Swedish political culture is incorrect?

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Voter turnout is low.

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Compared with Americans, the Japanese are more likely to

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reach decisions through discussion rather than the application of rules.

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A classic study of political culture in five nations concluded Americans

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had a stronger sense of civic duty and civic competence than citizens in other nations.

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Which statement is incorrect?

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Great Britain.

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Polls suggest Americans have less trust in government than they once did, but it is important to
keep in mind that

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confidence in political institutions remains higher than in most places abroad.

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A 1985 study by Sidney Verba and Gary Orren compared the views of trade union and political
party leaders in the United States and

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Sweden.

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Which statement is incorrect?

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Today, America is less religious than most European countries.

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Research has found that religious persons are

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more likely to donate money to charity.
more likely to volunteer time.
more likely to donate their time to nonreligious organizations.
more likely to give money to nonreligious organizations.

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The unusual degree of concern about religion in the United States was apparent in 2002 when a
federal appeals court issued a controversial ruling regarding

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the Pledge of Allegiance.

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The American preoccupation with assertion and maintenance of rights has imbued the daily
conduct of U.S. politics with

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confusion.

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The colonial distrust of British rule was the byproduct of both experience and

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the religious beliefs of many.

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While there has been no established religion in the United States, there has certainly been a
dominant religious tradition. That tradition can be best described as

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Protestantism, especially Puritanism.

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Max Weber explained the rise of _________ , in part, by what he called the “Protestant ethic.

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Capitalism

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Erik Erikson, the psychologist, found considerable difference between the ___________ of
Americans and Europeans.

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family characteristics

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Which of the following statements about class-consciousness in America is accurate?

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It has been relatively unimportant.

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The terms “progressive” and “orthodox” were first used in the context of a “culture war” by James
Davison, a(n)

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sociologist.

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According to Davison, a person of “orthodox” beliefs is not likely to believe

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moral commands and laws are dependent upon individual preferences.

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The culture war is basically a conflict over

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private and public morality.

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Morris Fiorina explains the “culture war” as an artifact of

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polarization of political leaders.
media emphasis on so-called “red” and “blue” states.

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The increase in cynicism toward our government has been specifically directed at

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government officials.

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The authors suggest levels of confidence in government in the 1950s may have been

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abnormally high.

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When people feel that they have a say in what the government does, that public officials pay
attention to them, and they feel that they understand politics, then they are said to have a sense of
political

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efficacy.

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Which is a correct description of trends in the political efficacy of Americans from the mid-1960s
to today?

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Internal efficacy appears to be the same while external efficacy appears to be in decline.

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The less voters trust political institutions and leaders, the more likely they are to support
candidates

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from the non-incumbent major party or a third party.

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Robert D. Putnam’s “civic health index” includes measures for which of the following?

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Membership in civic groups.
Online “chat.”
Trust in the government and other institutions.
Trust in other people.

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Which of the following statements concerning recent trends in tolerance is most accurate?

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Americans appear to be more tolerant than they were twenty or thirty years ago.

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Judgments about political tolerance should be made with caution because

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one person’s intolerance is another person’s civic “concern.”