Exam 4: Structural Foundations of the American Government

Central-city populations have become even more consistently ________ in their voting preferences than in the past.

The Mapping American Politics figure is an effort to illustrate

The increasing frequency with which U.S. companies are trimming their health care plans, freezing wages, and laying off employees is a consequence of

A "nativist" reaction is a protest by First Americans/Native Americans to discrimination they have experienced in America.

The American economic system is best characterized as

What is the significance of "exurbia," the areas beyond the older, first ring of suburbs?

In countries like Japan, Sweden, Germany, and France, government has always been powerful and active in directing society and the economy. Thus, these nations place less emphasis on ________ than the United States.

Industrial enterprises grew to unprecedented sizes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, partly because

Nativist sentiments in the population

A wave of mergers between 1896 and 1904 fashioned the corporate-dominated economy so familiar to the U.S. today.

Which of the following terms is defined as private property being protected and decisions being made by firms and individuals operating in markets.

The largest American corporations are global in character in the sense that they produce and market their products all over the world.

According to the authors of Struggle for Democracy, the strongest military power in the world today is

According to Struggle for Democracy, during the 1970s the United States lost its position as the world's preeminent and unchallenged economic power.

Which two fundamental beliefs are virtually in direct conflict in contemporary America?

By 1910, some _________ cities had populations of more than 100,000.

Which of these was part of the United States' exercise of leadership on the world level after World War II?

In the 1990s, the economies of Western Europe, Japan, and the "Asian tigers" continued to outperform that of the U.S.

Since the 1990s, the U.S. has become less involved in the global economy.

The word used to describe the negative reactions to the nineteenth-century immigrant populations in the United States is