Discuss the four sources of American political culture mentioned in the text.
What will be an ideal response?
? An adversarial spirit-Reflects not only preoccupation with rights, but America's long-standing distrust of authority and of people wielding power.
?Federalism-The creation of a federal system with divided political authority among competing institutions provides ample opportunity for participation in politics.
?The absence of an established religion-Meant that religious diversity was inevitable.
?The characteristics of the American family-All aspects of culture, including political, are preserved and transmitted to new generations primarily by the family.
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The effect of the McGovern–Fraser Commission was
a. to enable party leaders to pick a candidate who would help the whole party on Election Day. b. to create a system of campaign financing that enabled candidates outside of the mainstream to have enough resources to compete. c. it changed the system so the party base has more influence than insiders. d. it changed how the Republican Party chose delegates to the national convention in order to reduce the influence of social conservatives.
National defense and public parks are examples of ______, which the private sector has no incentive to provide, are jointly consumed, and cannot exclude some people from benefiting.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).