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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. 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
Conservative
Populist/Statist/ Authoritarian
Liberal vs Conservative on Vietnam
Who conservative are (demographics)
2. Lower and middle class - young people - minorities - employees - union members - blue collar - city dwellers - northeast and west coast
Who liberals are (demographics)
Liberal democrats
Old conservative
Conservatism
3. 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
Liberal (Left)
What conservatives support
What liberals support
Who conservative are (demographics)
4. 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 liberals did
Who liberals are (demographics)
libertarian
Liberal
5. Ideology of social justice via gov't--gov't will provide for you (homeownership - cell phones - cars; universal health care; medicaid; education; medicare
Liberal (Left)
Liberalism
Populist/Statist/ Authoritarian
Who conservative are (demographics)
6. 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 liberal
Conservative
libertarian
Libertarianism
7. Favors govt. involvement in both areas
What liberals did
Conservative (Right)
Liberal vs Conservative on Nixon
Populist/Statist/ Authoritarian
8. 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
libertarian
Conservative
What conservatives did
What liberals support
9. Ideology of less gov't intervention; natural rights (traditional values-pro life; choice (life - liberty - property)
Conservative (Right)
Conservatism
Liberal (Left)
Conservative
10. Favors limited government in social issues; since FDR's New Deal - it means 'big gov.'
Who conservative are (demographics)
Liberal
Liberal democrats
Old liberal
11. Believes in Personal freedom - self responsibility - smaller government
What liberals did
Liberal (Left)
Old conservative
Conservative (Right)
12. Favors limited government in economics - more involvement with social issues
What conservatives did
Conservative
Liberalism
What liberals did
13. Believes in less gov in social conduct and less business activity.
Populist/Statist/ Authoritarian
libertarian
What liberals did
What liberals support
14. Re-distribution of wealth - equality of outcome (quotas) - acceptance of lifestyle choices - protecting the accused - pro-choice - internationalism - social rights
Old liberal
What conservatives support
What liberals support
Liberal (Left)
15. Preference for traditional way of doing things
What conservatives support
Who liberals are (demographics)
What conservatives did
Old conservative
16. Someone who believed in freedom/limited gov. power
libertarian
Liberal (Left)
Old liberal
Populist/Statist/ Authoritarian
17. Conservative about police - military (e.g. many in middle America and in the south)
Liberal vs Conservative on Nixon
What conservatives did
Liberal democrats
Who liberals are (demographics)
18. Is all for community responsibility - active government
Liberal (Left)
Liberal
What liberals did
Conservative
19. Older people - upper class - majorities - employers - white collar - republicans
Old conservative
Who conservative are (demographics)
Populist/Statist/ Authoritarian
Old liberal
20. Conservatives maintained that Nixon was no more corrupt than earlier presidents - Liberals said Richard Nixon and Watergate a threat to liberty
What conservatives did
Conservative (Right)
What liberals support
Liberal vs Conservative on Nixon