Chapter #2- Section #3 Test Flashcards
(42 cards)
Progressives believe that government should be used how?
To create social change
Progressives promoted democracy is order to ______________ the general public into ________ for leaders who would enact _________________ policies
manipulate; voting; progressive
Absolute truth is negated by progressive judges indirectly “passing” laws promoting collectivism and relative truth, while disapproving laws they don’t like. This is referred to as:
Legislating from the bench
By declaring that the Constitution is a “______ ___________”, progressives insisted that the interpretation of the Constitution should:
living document
Change to reflect current values
What would be the free market solution to straighten out the problem of a company selling rat-infested meat?
Boycotting that company
What was essential for progressives to control in order to make “ _______________ ___________” to perpetuate their agenda?
progressive disciples
Education
Who promoted compulsory public education to control the minds of children?
Hitler, Soviet Union, and progressives
What life principle was spoken by Ronald Reagan?
“As government expands, liberty contracts.”
What things do unions petition employers for?
1) Higher pay
2) Better working conditions
3) More benefits
In essence, union ______ constitute a form of __________________ business owners to comply with union demands
strike; blackmailing
What happens when a business owner is forced out of his property?
Local economic suffer as employees lose their jobs
Collectivists view wealth as a ____ with only a certain quantity available to everyone
Pie
What does collectivists’ view of the wealth “pie” look like?
1) Poor people have small slices
2) Rich people have big slices
3) Wealth is limited, so the pie must be shared
What is true of the free market?
1) Provides hope and opportunity to people
2) Creates wealth
3) Ensures everyone has opportunity
The more _______________ has infiltrated free markets through government _______________, the harder it is for people to ___________ in the free market
collectivism; regulation; succeed
What is the life principle spoken by Benjamin Franklin?
“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.”
Politicians in American have violated principles of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution as what levels of government?
Local, state, and federal
During the _______________ Era, laws were passed and government bureaucracies:
Progressive
1) Regulated interstate commerce
2) Regulated food and drug production
3) Regulated radio broadcasts
The Founding Fathers set up the _____________ so that Senators were appointed by the _______, giving states a voice in __________ _______
Constitution; states; federal affairs
What ways does the Federal Reserve manipulate the economy?
1) Controls currency printing
2) Controls credit
3) Controls interest rates
Who was the collectivist-minded British economist who has shaped economic policy in the U.S. since the first half of the 20th century?
John Maynard Keynes
When _________________________ became President in 1933, what happened?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
A tsunami of regulations were passed from bureaucracies under what was called the “New Deal”
What actions did FDR take in 1933 that enabled the government to begin inflating the money supply?
1) Moved the economy away from the gold standard
2) Outlawed private possession of gold
3) Forced people to sell gold to Federal Reserve
Which President announced in 1971 that the U.S. would no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed rate, essentially ending what was left of the gold standard?
President Richard Nixon
