Name: __________________________ Date: _____________

___ 1.Which statement is incorrect?

A)
The Federalists were led by Hamilton and Adams.
B)
The DemocraticRepublicans were led by Jefferson and Madison.
C)
The Federalists passed laws to suppress journalists favorable to Jefferson.
D)
The Federalists and the DemocraticRepublicans deeply distrusted each other.
E)
The Federalists sought to repeal the AlienSedition laws.
A)
B)
C)

___ 2.The French observer who noted the influence of Democracy in a variety of contexts was
the Marquis de Montespan.
D) Alexis de Tocqueville.
Guy LaFleur.
E) Voltaire.
Alexander Dumas.

A)
B)
C)

___ 3.According to Alexis de Tocqueville, one of the reasons a democratic republic took root in the United States was because
of the
minimal taxes imposed by the government.
D) absence of foreign intervention.
insistence on economic equality for all.
E) high levels of religiosity.
presence of fertile lands and rich resources.

___ 4.One's own belief about the responsiveness of the government is referred to as
A) external efficacy. B) internal efficacy. C) political ideology. D) political culture.

E) political reciprocity.

A)
B)
C)

___ 5.A classic study of American and Swedish trade union and political party leaders found that the Americans were
less likely to favor equal pay for workers.
D) All of the above.
less likely to favor a top limit on salaries.
E) more likely to favor equality of results.
more likely to support higher disparities in salaries.

A)
B)
C)

___ 6.If people have a sense of political efficacy, then they believe they
trust the government to do what is right.
D) feel alienated from public policy.
would rather live here than elsewhere.
E) have a say in what government does.
are capable of joining interest groups.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

___ 7.All of the following are reasons certain groups survive in the face of political intolerance except
most of us do not act on our beliefs.
people usually cannot agree on which group to suppress.
Americans have become more tolerant.
such groups receive protection from the courts.
such groups are able to go underground.

A)
B)
C)

___ 8.Early competition between the Federalists and the DemocraticRepublicans ended by establishing the principle that
freedom of speech did not include political slander.
D) democracy could survive a change of ruling parties.
political participation was restricted to males.
E) the First Amendment applied to the states.
slavery was not an issue for national legislation.

A)
B)
C)

___ 9.According to the text, a degree of tolerance toward political discussion without too much oppression is
what the U.S. Constitution called for.
D) what characterizes all free nations.
what the Bill of Rights mandated.
E) the minimum requirement of a democracy.
rare in a unitary system.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

___ 10.The text argues that the democratic political culture of Sweden differs from that of the United States because the Swedes
integrate religion more successfully into their politics.
insist on greater citizen participation in government.
allow greater economic inequalities to exist.
resist tendencies toward socialism.
are more deferential than participatory in their politics.

T F 11.Cross-national studies in the 1990s have tended to contradict or nullify the classic research of Almond and Verba in the
1960s.
T F 12.Japanese are more likely than Americans to value good relations with colleagues.
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T F 13.The United States is the only large industrial democracy without a significant socialist party.
T F 14.Most Americans support freedom of speech as an abstract principle.
T F 15.The average American is more likely to believe in God than the average European.
T F 16.The phrase "American way of life" is a good indication of Americans' belief in common values and hopes.
T F 17.Americans' sense of external political efficacy has generally declined over the past generation.
T F 18.Americans are more likely to believe in equality of results than in equality of opportunity.
T F 19.In a comparative study, Almond and Verba found that Americans had a stronger sense of civic duty than the citizens of the
other countries surveyed.
T F 20.The culture war is occurring between different religious groups but not within them.
T F 21.The work ethic in the United States is sometimes referred to as the Protestant ethic.
T F 22.Liberty is an important element in the U.S. view of the political system.
T F 23.In the United States, class-consciousness plays a particularly important part in the political culture.
T F 24.Today, fewer people consider themselves progressive than in the past.
T F 25.Changes in feelings of political efficacy, unlike those of trust in government, have been difficult to correlate with any
specific event.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

___ 26.Which of the following statements about the U.S. democratic republic is correct?
It has never been tried elsewhere.
It thrived in the United States despite the existence of a feudal aristocracy.
It thrived in the United States despite the large number of legal restraints on it.
It emphasizes social equality over personal liberty.
It has been tried without great success by many other countries.

A)
B)
C)

___ 27.Which of the following groups of issues does the text refer to as areas of conflict in the culture war?
Abortion, school prayer, foreign policy
D) Drug use, school prayer, abortion
Gay rights, taxes, business regulation
E) Business regulation, foreign policy, space policy
School prayer, foreign policy, pornography

A)
B)
C)

___ 28.Liberty and individualism are two key elements of

all Western democracies.
all twentieth-century nations.
most nations throughout history.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

___ 29.The text argues that the U.S. Constitution had to reconcile
the work ethic with the existence of a leisure class.
a religious establishment with the quest for religious freedom.
personal liberty with the need for social control.
European traditions with westward expansion.
the work ethic with the religious establishment.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

___ 30.Some observers say that Americans are more alienated from politics today than they were formerly. The text suggests that
this understates the depth of the current crisis.
no reliable evidence of such a change exists.
Americans today are actually more optimistic than before.
they are more involved in matters unrelated to politics.
describing them as more realistic would be better.
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D) U.S. political culture.

E) European nations in the 1700s.

___ 31.All of the following are basic elements of the U.S. political culture except
A) liberty. B) democracy. C) individualism. D) civic duty. E) economic equality.
___ 32.According to a 1960 study, in which of the following countries is one most likely to find the strongest sense of civic duty
and civic competence?
A) Mexico B) Germany C) Italy D) Great Britain E) the United States
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

___ 33.There is, in fact, less income inequality in Sweden than in America because
workers there are more similar in their talents.
employers have different notions of economic fairness.
the government ensures that it is so.
education levels are much lower in Sweden.
political parties are stronger here.

___ 34.The text argues that long-standing religious values underlay the movement for
A) prohibition. B) abortion. C) protectionism. D) deregulation. E) imperialism.
___ 35.The notion that individuals should work hard, save their money, and avoid dependence on the state is sometimes referred
to as the
A)
Protestant (work) ethic.
D) evolutionary principle.
B)
blue-collar ethic.
E) labor theory of value.
C)
doctrine of social Darwinism.
___ 36.According to the text, the persistence in our political vocabulary of the term ________ is evidence of Americans' common
hopes and values.
A) freedom B) Americanism C) morality D) equality E) righteousness
___ 37.Japanese and Americans diverge markedly in their attitudes toward
A) new ideas. B) consumerism. C) individualism. D) entrepreneurism.
A)
B)
C)
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

E) capitalism.

___ 38.The level of public trust in government during the 1970s and 1980s compared to the 1950s appears
higher than the long-term historical norm.
D) lower than the historical norm.
higher, but closer to the historical norm.
E) about the same.
lower, but closer to the historical norm.
___ 39.Which of the following statements about economic equality applies most accurately to Americans?
Most Americans believe that everyone should be paid on the basis of their economic needs"equality of results."
Most Americans believe that everyone has the right to get ahead..."equality of opportunity."
Most Americans believe in the preferential treatment of women and minorities in hiring..."equality of access."
Most Americans believe in the idea of having a top limit on what people can earn..."equality of wealth."
Most Americans believe citizens who participate in politics should have guaranteed income..."equality of
participants."

___ 40.The adversarial, contentious spirit of U.S. society is related most closely to Americans' belief in
A) individual rights. B) social equality. C) group harmony and cohesion D) democracy. E) bicameralism.

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Answer Key
1.E
2.D
3.A
4.A
5.D
6.E
7.E
8.D
9.E
10.E
11.False
12.True
13.True
14.True
15.True
16.True
17.True
18.False
19.True
20.False
21.True
22.True
23.False
24.False
25.True
26.E
27.D
28.D
29.C
30.E
31.E
32.E
33.C
34.A
35.A
36.B
37.C
38.C
39.B
40.A

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