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AP Liberal Vs Conservative
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Answer 20 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Someone who believed in freedom/limited gov. power
What conservatives support
Who liberals are (demographics)
Old liberal
Liberalism
2. Cut taxes - Defended traditional family values - Upheld sexual/gender roles - Said States handle racial problems - Wanted to restore law and order in cities - Wanted No special treatment for minorities to achieve equality - Repealed much of Great Soc
Liberal vs Conservative on Nixon
What conservatives support
What conservatives did
Who liberals are (demographics)
3. Conservatives maintained that Nixon was no more corrupt than earlier presidents - Liberals said Richard Nixon and Watergate a threat to liberty
Liberal vs Conservative on Nixon
Conservatism
What liberals support
Libertarianism
4. Re-distribution of wealth - equality of outcome (quotas) - acceptance of lifestyle choices - protecting the accused - pro-choice - internationalism - social rights
Liberal vs Conservative on Vietnam
Conservative
Populist/Statist/ Authoritarian
What liberals support
5. Favors limited government in social issues; since FDR's New Deal - it means 'big gov.'
Who conservative are (demographics)
Liberal
libertarian
Liberal (Left)
6. Favors limited government in economics - more involvement with social issues
Populist/Statist/ Authoritarian
Conservative
Conservatism
Who liberals are (demographics)
7. Believes in Personal freedom - self responsibility - smaller government
Conservatism
Liberal vs Conservative on Vietnam
What conservatives did
Conservative (Right)
8. Preference for traditional way of doing things
Liberal vs Conservative on Nixon
Who conservative are (demographics)
Old conservative
Conservatism
9. Is all for community responsibility - active government
Who liberals are (demographics)
What liberals support
Liberal vs Conservative on Nixon
Liberal (Left)
10. Believes in less gov in social conduct and less business activity.
Populist/Statist/ Authoritarian
Libertarianism
Liberal democrats
libertarian
11. Lower and middle class - young people - minorities - employees - union members - blue collar - city dwellers - northeast and west coast
Who liberals are (demographics)
What conservatives support
Liberal vs Conservative on Nixon
What liberals did
12. Ideology of social justice via gov't--gov't will provide for you (homeownership - cell phones - cars; universal health care; medicaid; education; medicare
What liberals did
Who liberals are (demographics)
Liberal (Left)
Liberalism
13. Acceptance of economic inequality - laissez-faire - equality of opportunity (must take advantage of opportunity) - religious morality should guide behavior - strict law and order - unilateralism (us is strongest) - right to bear arms
Old conservative
What conservatives support
Liberal vs Conservative on Vietnam
Who liberals are (demographics)
14. Older people - upper class - majorities - employers - white collar - republicans
libertarian
Conservatism
Liberal (Left)
Who conservative are (demographics)
15. Ideology of less gov't intervention; natural rights (traditional values-pro life; choice (life - liberty - property)
Liberal (Left)
Conservatism
What conservatives support
Libertarianism
16. Favors govt. involvement in both areas
What liberals did
Liberal (Left)
Populist/Statist/ Authoritarian
Conservative
17. Conservatives wanted total military victory in Vietnam - They wanted 'Peace with honor' in Vietnam - Liberals wanted US to withdraw from Vietnam - and wanted Vietnam to be a limited war
Libertarianism
Liberal vs Conservative on Vietnam
Who liberals are (demographics)
Liberal (Left)
18. Expanded role of government in society - Promoted Equal Rights Amendment for women - Said Racial justice was national priority - Protected the environment - Supported abortion rights (Roe v Wade) - Insisted on human rights in foreign policy - Wanted
What conservatives did
Liberal vs Conservative on Nixon
Old conservative
What liberals did
19. Ideology of public ownership of means of production and exchange; btw capitalism and communism; nationalize industries - institute public jobs; tax wealthy - cut defense spendingindividual liberty-sharply limited gov't; overtones of anarchism; oppose
Old conservative
Libertarianism
What liberals support
Populist/Statist/ Authoritarian
20. Conservative about police - military (e.g. many in middle America and in the south)
Liberal vs Conservative on Nixon
Liberal democrats
What conservatives support
Liberal vs Conservative on Vietnam