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Alexis de Tocqueville believed that democracy leads to


A) mediocrity, conformity, and the tyranny of the majority opinion.
B) a strong government because it encourages political participation.
C) a diverse society with many geniuses because of its devotion to individuality.
D) a breakdown of law and order because everyone will do whatever he or she wants to do.
E) a strengthening of law and order because people will learn how to govern themselves.

F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

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Which of the following best describes the idea of mixed or balanced government?


A) Governing power will be shared by the one, the few, and the many.
B) People of different groups or nationalities will blend together into a single political unit.
C) The government will always try to promote the greatest happiness of the greatest number.
D) The government follows the rule, "What touches all should be decided by all."
E) Anyone who wants to go into politics these days must be unbalanced!

F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Matching Fill in the blanks with the letter corresponding to the names or terms listed below. Some names or terms may be used more than once and others not at all. -Notorious author of The Prince who displayed his preference for a republic in another book:


A) Aristotle
B) Polybius
C) people's democracy
D) James Harrington
E) Niccolò Machiavelli
F) Plato
G) Karl Marx
H) social democracy
I) Alexis de Tocqueville
J) liberal democracy

K) A) and D)
L) F) and G)

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Which of the following was NOT a feature of Niccolò Machiavelli's Discourses?


A) the desire for a mixed government
B) the attempt to promote a virtuous, public-spirited citizenry
C) belief in the rule of law, not the rule of princes or monarchs
D) fear of the corruption of the citizens by luxury, selfishness, and ambition for power
E) belief that property should be distributed equally to give every citizen equal power

F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Identify and explain the significance of the following names, terms, or concepts. -Polybius

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Identify and explain the significance of the following names, terms, or concepts. -Alexis de Tocqueville

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The American Founders attempted to create a(n)


A) republic.
B) democracy.
C) constitutional monarchy.
D) constitutional democracy.
E) none of the above.

F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

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Identify and explain the significance of the following names, terms, or concepts. -the Levellers

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Identify and explain the significance of the following names, terms, or concepts. -Socrates

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Aristotle argued that polity is a better form of government than democracy because


A) the "middling" or middle-class men who rule a polity will work to promote the common good.
B) polity is rule by the many in the interests of the many.
C) polity is rule by the many who are poor, and justice demands that the poor hold power.
D) democracy is a form of mixed government, and mixed governments simply lead to confusion.
E) he was an aristocrat who couldn't bear to say anything good about democracy.

F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Tocqueville claimed that Americans value liberty above equality.

A) True
B) False

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All modern democracies attempt to imitate American democracy.

A) True
B) False

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Democracy originally meant a system of rule by


A) the poorest class of citizens.
B) the numerically largest class of citizens.
C) a philosopher-king.
D) both A and C are correct.
E) both A and B are correct.

F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

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Matching Fill in the blanks with the letter corresponding to the names or terms listed below. Some names or terms may be used more than once and others not at all. -Greek writer who argued that political stability can be achieved through mixed government:


A) Aristotle
B) Polybius
C) people's democracy
D) James Harrington
E) Niccolò Machiavelli
F) Plato
G) Karl Marx
H) social democracy
I) Alexis de Tocqueville
J) liberal democracy

K) A) and B)
L) E) and I)

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Which conception of democracy stresses the rights and liberties of the individual?


A) liberal democracy
B) social democracy
C) people's democracy
D) wack democracy
E) both B and C are correct

F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

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Identify and explain the significance of the following names, terms, or concepts. -James Harrington

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What were the three principal conceptions of democracy in the twentieth century? How do they differ from one another and which, in your view, is the best way of thinking about democracy?

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Which of the following Supreme Court decisions rendered campaign contributions essentially unlimited?


A) Lochner v. New York
B) Brown v. Board of Education
C) Roe v. Wade
D) Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
E) none of the above

F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

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