Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 1 Chapter One: The Democratic Republic

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 2 1.Define the terms politics, government, order, liberty, authority, and legitimacy. 2.Distinguish the major features of direct democracy and representative democracy, and describe majoritarianism, elite theory, and pluralism. 3.Summarize the conflicts that can occur between the principles of liberty and order, and between those of liberty and equality. 4.Discuss conservatism, liberalism, and other popular American ideological positions. 5.Explain how a changing American population and other social trends may affect the future of our nation

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 3 Government Is Everywhere From your birth Throughout your life To your death

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 4 Why Is Government Necessary? Limiting Government Power Authority and Legitimacy

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 5 Fighting in Syria has destroyed entire residential districts. Here, Syrians search for survivors amidst the rubble following an airstrike in Aleppo in Two children were among at least 13 people killed. How would we describe what is happening in Syria? AFP/Getty Images

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 6 TYPES OF GOVERNMENT Totalitarian Oligarchy Authoritarian Anarchy Aristocracy Democracy Theocracy

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 7 Direct Democracy as a Model Initiative Referendum Recall The Dangers of Direct Democracy Framers were opposed to it

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 8 These Woodbury, Vermont, residents cast their ballots after a town meeting. They voted on the school budget and sales taxes. What type of political system does the town meeting best represent? AP Photo/Toby Talbot

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 9 A Democratic Republic Popular sovereignty Principles of democratic government Universal suffrage Majority rule Constitutional Democracy Limited government

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 10 A University of Colorado student updates her address during a voter registration drive in Boulder, Colorado. What do we call the form of government created by our Constitution? Craig F. Walker/Getty Images

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 11 What Kind of Democracy Do We Have? Democracy for everyone Majoritarianism Democracy for the few Elite theory Democracy for groups Pluralism

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 12 Political culture and political socialization Liberty versus Order Civil liberties Bill of Rights Equality versus Liberty Economic equality Property rights and capitalism

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 13 One of the most fundamental rights Americans have is the right to vote. Here, African Americans in Camden, Alabama, vote for the first time after passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Does voting affect political socialization? Bob Adelman/Corbis

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 14 This same-sex couple married in Washington state in What, if anything, does the Bill of Rights say about this topic? Rob Meinychuk/Getty Images

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 15 The Proper Size of Government Big government and the Great Recession Republican overreach The Obamacare Web Site

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 16 The Tea Party movement is not a political party. Rather, its supporters want less taxation and a scaled-down federal government. How successful has the Tea Party been in recent years? Carol Casey/Shutterstock

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 17 Conservatism Modern conservatism Conservative values Liberalism Modern liberalism Liberal values

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 18 The Traditional Political Spectrum Socialism Libertarianism Problems with the Traditional Political Spectrum Liberalism = big government?

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 19 A Four-Cornered Ideological Grid Economic liberals, cultural conservatives Libertarians Liberal versus progressive One Nation, Divided Political polarization

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Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 21 Demonstrators march through downtown Boston. The marchers were opposed to the nation’s growing student debt burden. Which groups might support the demands of these students? AP Images/Steven Senne

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 22 The End of the Population Explosion Total fertility rate Ethnic Change in America African Americans The Rise of the Latinos The Demographic Impact

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Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 25 Are We Better Off? Employment More women, but employment levels down Social indicators

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Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved Should government have the authority to establish a minimum wage? Why or why not? 2.Have demographic trends driven the minimum wage debate? 3.Do the wealthy look after the interests of lower income groups? Should they?