Exam 4: Structural Foundations of the American Government

In spite of George H. W. Bush's private school education, his expressions of a fondness for pork rinds and country and western music during his presidential campaign were attempts to show his ________ roots.

The idea of "free markets" was articulated in Adam Smith's classic work, ________.

Americans are among the richest people in the world on a per capita basis.

Figure 4.5 reveals that

In terms of economic power, the United States is

According to your text, waves of immigration

Who are America's poor?

The distribution of poverty is random.

It would be fair to say that, from the beginning, American's have had a distrust of government.

One consequence of globalization and hyper-competition has been cuts in health care benefits and cuts in the number of available jobs.

In 2007, the U.S. population was

The Minuteman Project concerns border patrol and illegal immigration.

Approximately what percentage of the U.S. population is foreign born?

Americans tend to favor ________ over public provision.

The term ________ refers to the hostility of the common person to power and the powerful.

Over the last two decades, immigration into the United States

Probably the principal reason for the turnaround of the U.S. economy in the 1990s is

Which of these ideas was not highly regarded at the time the nation was founded but has since gained widespread acceptance?

One can conclude from the Using the Framework figure that

These are all conditions that are required to produce popular sovereignty, political equality, and liberty EXCEPT