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15 Cards in this Set
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what are the two main political ideologies in the U.S.A |
Liberal and Conservative |
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What do both Liberals and Conservatives both have |
Social and Economical Dimensions |
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who favor abortion rights, gay marriage, and favor the rights of noncomformists, but do not favor military action |
Socially Liberals |
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Economically Liberals favor |
Gov. intervention in the economy, regulation of corporations, and should spend money of social programs |
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who favors laws that would regulate human behavior such as no gay marriage and no abortions, also limits on civil liberties |
Socially Conservatives |
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support only limited economic gov. intervention, oppose high taxes |
Economical conservatives |
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could people be a mix of liberal and conservative? |
yes |
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who is very economically conservative and socially liberal, but don't share the extremes of each |
libertarians |
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people who are very economically liberal are |
socialists |
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Socialists |
believe in the greater distribution of wealth between a state, higher minimum wage, gov regulation of economy |
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are certain states more liberal and certain states more conservative? |
yes, it depends on where your from |
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what is a direct democracy and why is it hard to use |
it is when citizens vote to on governmental issues instead of elected officals |
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what is a popular initiative |
when citizens get enough backing from a petition where the law is then proposed to congress |
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what is a government that uses a direct and indirect government |
a representative democracy |
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when a state legislature proposes a law, constitutional amendment, or borrowing measure and asks the voters for approval |
Legislative Referendum |
