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Chapter 4
AP Gov
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History
12th Grade
04/22/2013

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Political culture
Definition
The widely shared beliefs, values, and norms about how citizens relate to governments and to one another.
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Social capital
Definition
Democratic and civic habits of discussion, compromise, and respect for differences, which grow out of participation in voluntary organizations.
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Natural rights
Definition
The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.
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Democratic consensus
Definition
Widespread agreement on fundamental principles of democratic governance and the values that undergird them.
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Majority rule
Definition
Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority.
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Popular sovereignty
Definition
A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
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American dream
Definition
The widespread belief that the United States is a land of opportunity and that individual initiative and hard work can bring economic success
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Capitalism
Definition
An economic system characterized by private property, competitive markets, economic incentives, and limited government involvement in the production, distribution, and pricing of goods and services.
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Suffrage –
Definition
The right to vote.
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Monopoly
Definition
Domination of an industry by a single company that fixes prices and discourages competition; also, the company that dominates the industry by these means.
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Antitrust legislation
Definition
Federal laws (starting with the Sherman Act of 1890) that tried to prevent a monopoly from dominating an industry and restraining trade.
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Political ideology
Definition
A consistent pattern of beliefs about political values and the role of government.
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Liberalism
Definition
A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.
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Conservatism
Definition
A belief that limited government insures order competitive markets and personal opportunity.
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Socialism
Definition
An economic and governmental system based on public ownership of the means of production and exchange.
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Libertarianism
Definition
An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on minimal government, promoting a free market economy, a noninterventionist foreign policy, and an absence of regulation in moral, economic, and social life.
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