Citizen Beliefs and Public Opinion Polls - Chapter 10

A common set of attitudes that shape political behavior in a nation

• political culture

• individualism

• free enterprise

• political socialization

One who believes in following tradition and having reverence for authority; favors more limited and local government, less government regulation of markets, and more social conformity to traditional norms and values

• liberal

• conservative

One who is open to allowing the government to flexibly expand beyond established constraints; favors more government regulation of business and support for social welfare but less regulation of private social conduct

• liberal

• conservative

This group has a high regard for civil liberties; oppose censorship, want lower taxes, and dislike government-imposed morality; conservative on economic issues and more liberal on moral and social issues.

• liberal

• conservative

• libertarian

a belief in the fundamental worth and importance of the individual

• individualism

• progressive

• limited government

• populist

Capitalistic economy in which competition is allowed to flourish with minimum of government interference; voluntary exchange; the act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly engaging in market transactions

• free enterprise

• saliency

• political socialization

• socialism

"Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law ..." is found in the

• 10th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

"... Nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." is found in the

• 10th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

a government that is kept under control by law, by checks and balances, and the separation of power

• limited government

• rule of law

• ideology

• federalism

the principle of a government that establishes laws that apply equally to all members of society and prevents the rule and whims of leaders who see themselves as above the law (all leaders must follow the same laws as other citizens)

• rule of law

• limited government

• ideology

• federalism