CLEP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ULTIMATE EXAM NEWEST 2024-2025
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Early Immigration Western and northern Europe.
Immigrants from southern and eastern
Second Wave
Europe; before and after World War II
Large numbers of people from Latin
Recent Immigration
America and Asia
an organizational style of local politics in
which party bosses traded jobs, money,
Machine Politics
and favors for votes and campaign sup-
port
Liberty Freedom for people to do what they want
places relatively few restrictions on it's
Limited government
citizens' freedom.
government that places relatively few re-
Laissez-faire capitalism
strictions on its citizens' freedom
Equality treated the same as everyone else
equality in political decision making: one
Political equality vote per person, with all votes counted
equally
Giving people an equal chance to suc-
Equality of opportunity
ceed.
Popular Sovereignty rule by the people
the doctrine that the numerical majority
Majority Rule of an organized group can make deci-
sions binding on the whole group
majority would ignore the basic rights of
Tyranny of the majority
the minority
a belief in the importance of the individ-
Individualism ual and the virtue of self-reliance and
personal independence
the willingness of individuals to stand
Rugged individualism along and struggle long and hard to sur-
vive and prosper
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TUAL EXAM COMPLETE ALL 140 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAIL
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Conformism trying to be like everyone else
Unity the quality of being united into one
Diversity difference, variety
embrace diversity and learn about others
Multiculturalism
cultures
government is viewed as a necessary evil
belief that one's actions can make a dif-
Political efficacy ference in govt. and that the govt. listens
to normal, everyday people
the idea that the U.S. differs from the rest
American exceptional-ism
of the world
The idea that America has been chosen
Divine Providences
by God to be a beacon to the world.
Unlike most states, the US was founded
Just principles
on ideas and principles, not by conquest
The great wealth of resources and rela-
tive isolation of the US for much of it's his-
Geography and resources
tory has made America unique among
most other countries in the world
American mix of cultures and traditions
Diversity
is the source of American strength.
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin,
Founding Fathers George Washington, Alexander Hami-
ton, John Adoms, James Madison
rules that determines how power will be
Constitution
used legitimately in a state
Declaration of Independence 1776; all men are created equal
a right that all people in the world have
Inalienable right
that no one can take away
Negotiating and signing the Treaty of
Congress achieved
Paris (1783) to end revolutionary war
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