PAC Final Test Questions & Answers 2024/2025
Economic conservatives - ANSWERSgovernment tries to do too many things that should be left to the private sector
Social conservatives - ANSWERSthose who believe government power should be used to uphold traditional values
Economic liberals - A...
Economic conservatives - ANSWERSgovernment tries to do too many things that should be left to the
private sector
Social conservatives - ANSWERSthose who believe government power should be used to uphold
traditional values
Economic liberals - ANSWERSthose who believe government should do more to assist people who have
difficulty meeting their own economic needs (Hilary Clinton)
Social liberals - ANSWERSthose who believe the government should play no, or little role, in defining
values and that policy should allow for new and unconventional values to emerge without discrimination
Libertarians - ANSWERSthose who believe in small government both economically and socially (limited
government)
Populists - ANSWERSthose who believe in an active government for economic assistance and an active
government in the promotion of traditional values (Bernie Sanders, Sarah Palin, Donald Trump)
Ideology - ANSWERSa belief system (influenced by family, religion/faith, friends, hometown,
school/teachers, pop culture, coworkers, etc.) or underlying psychological structure (what makes you
you) that
- Some individuals use to understand political issues and develop an opinion on those issues
- Allows individuals to relate issues to one another and form opinions that are consistent across issues
- Serves as a motivation for behavior that is rationally related to the ideology itself
FDR "economic bill of rights" - ANSWERSwe now can expect a right to...
- A job
, - Income to provide food, clothing, and recreation
- Farm prices and wages that will allow a decent living
- Trade without interference from monopolies or unfair competition
- Health care
- Protection from the fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment
- A good education
Russell Kirk: 10 Conservative Principles - ANSWERS- Believes that there exists an enduring moral order;
human nature is constant and moral truths are permanent
- Adheres to custom, convention, and continuity
- Believes in the principle of "prescription," things are established by time-tested usage; property rights
and moral standards are because we have always practiced them and hold them to a naturally
permanent status
Ronald Reagan: The New Freedom II (modern conservatism) - ANSWERS- We strive toward the ultimate
in individual freedom, consistent with an orderly society
- There are no limits to growth and human progress when men and women are free to follow their
dreams; we will not rest until every American enjoys the fullness of freedom, dignity, and opportunity as
our birthright
- We must put our political differences aside and work together
- The New Freedom will allow the individual to achieve whatever they wish to achieve, without
interference from gov, and for the betterment of mankind
Libertarianism - ANSWERS- Each person owns himself therefore "in a free society, individuals may not
initiate the use of force against any other individual or group"
- People in a free society are not impeded from engaging in voluntary and informed transactions
- Difference is their view of the role of the state
- We are not the government
- Government can use coercion to keep people from injuring one another and enable people to enter
into enforceable voluntary agreements
- Key word is liberty
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