1. Political Culture Essential Question: Which is better for America – liberal values or conservative values?

2. Vocabulary Political Culture: Broadly shared political and economic values Conservative: person who is generally resistant to social change Liberal: person who generally supports social change

3. Roots of American Political Culture American Revolution Bible: Judeo-Christian Ethic Documents –Declaration of Independence –United States Constitution

4. What are the essential American Values?

5. Liberty: Freedom or Order?

6. Equality: Results or opportunity?

7. Democracy

8. Civic Duty

9. Individual Responsibility

10. Issue #1: Immigration Conservatives: Want strict controls on immigration. No leniency for illegal aliens. Liberals: Favor more leniency for illegal aliens.

11. Issue #2: Race Conservatives: Opposed desegregation and affirmative action Liberals: Favored desegregation and affirmative action

12. The Culture War: American battle over values Origins: Conflicts of the 1960’s and 1970’s Two camps: Conservative and Liberal

13. National Endowment for the Arts (1980’s)

14. Issue #3: Abortion Pro-life Oppose legal abortion. Want Roe v. Wade overturned.

15. Issue #3: Abortion Pro-choice Support legal abortion. Want Roe v. Wade not to be overturned.

16. How divided is America?

17. Next Time: Public Opinion and Political Participation (Chapters 5 and 6)