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Chapter 4

Activity 1

Answers will vary.

“

Traditional

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answers are offered.

1. liberal

2. liberal

3. conservative

4. conservative

5. liberal

Activity 2

A.

1. What Do Liberalism and Conservatism Mean?

2. liberalism and conservatism

3. The meanings of liberal and conservative have changed over time.

4. Meanings begin to change, Current meanings, Identifying differences

5. timeline of dates and events

6. liberal, free market, conservative (should be bold), aristocracy, New Deal, organized labor,

national supremacy, welfare state, affirmative action, Democratic, Republican

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B. Predictions will vary. Correct prediction is #1.

Activity 3

A. Statement 1

Activity 4

1. a

2. b

3. c

4. b

5. c

6. a

7. a

8. c

Activity 5

Answers will vary. Possible answers are offered.

1. to get or obtain

2. expressions or situations which have multiple meanings and so are confusing

3. to explain or make clear

4.

one’s personal behavior or actions

; politically, the guidance or management of issue affecting

citizens

5. imposing obedience to a law or rule

6. to get involved in order to stop or prevent something from happening

7. politically, a person who promotes change

8. plan of action for a political issue

9. important or large

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10. well-being; in the U.S., assistance with housing, food, and medical care from the government

Activity 6

A.

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adverb

acquisition

acquire

acquired/acquiring

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ambiguity

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ambiguous

ambiguously

clarification, clarity

clarify

clear/clarified/clarifying

clearly

conduct

conduct

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enforcement

enforce

enforced

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intervention

intervene

intervening

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liberal/liberalism

liberalize

liberal

liberally

policy

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–

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significance

signify

significant

significantly

welfare

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welfare

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B.

1. I → ambiguously

2. C

3. C

4. I → liberal

5. I → conduct

6. I

→ significant

C.

1. T

2. T

3. F → to clarify means make clear or to explain more clearly

4. F → enforcement means to make people obey the law

5. T

6. F → public/political conduct means issues involving citizens’ rights and issues related to

crime

Activity 7

(Note that the answers are based on the information that is presented in the passage, not on

information or facts we might know to be true.)

A. The Bureaucracy

1. A

2. F

3. A

4. O

5. F

6. F

7. O

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8. A

9. O

10. F

11. negative

12. Possible answers: bureaucratic mistakes, criticism, failures, major changes are needed

13. Possible answers: blunders, mistakes, unrealistic, failures, shortcomings

B. Uncle Sam Needs You

1. O

2. F

3. A

4. A

5. A

6. A

7. F

8. O

9. F

10. O

11. negative

12. Possible answers: shortage should worry us, government is no match, sold a bill of goods, lax

oversight, problem is one of balance

13. Possible answers: unfortunately, shortage, second-rate, fall apart

Activity 8

A. Corrections may vary. Possible corrections are offered.

1. I

→ unlike

2. I

→

likewise

3. I

→

and

4. C

5. C

6. I

→

whereas, while, in contrast

7. C

8. I

→

different

9. I

→

different

B. Answers will vary. Possible answers are offered.

1. In contrast, a conservative was originally a person who opposed the excesses of the French

Revolution and its emphasis on person freedom.

2. Similarly, one conservative may favor enforcement of laws against drug abuse.

3. They point to real differences between, for example, the liberal and conservative wings of the

Democratic and Republican parties.

Activity 9

Answers may vary. “Correct” answers are offered.

1. Criminal

2. Civil

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3. Criminal

4. Criminal

5. Civil

Activity 10

A.

1. Criminal vs. Civil Law

2. classifying crimes and disputes

3. There are similarities and differences between criminal and civil law.

4. Government role, Private parties, Procedural rules, Civil suits

5. There are none for this reading.

6. treason, felonies, misdemeanors, civil remedies, burden of proof, preponderance of evidence,

jurisdiction

B. Predictions will vary. Correct prediction is #2.

Activity 11

A. Statement 2

Activity 12

1. criminal

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rules for how trial should be conducted

2. civil

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may include money awarded to the injured party

3. civil

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costs and witness fees paid for by each party

4. criminal

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action brought by the government against an individual

5. criminal

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punished with a fine and/or imprisonment

6. civil

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guilt proved by preponderance of evidence

7. criminal

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treason, felonies, misdemeanors

8. criminal

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government pays for cost of action

9. civil

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dispute between private individuals

10. civil

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brought by individuals, businesses, or associations

11. criminal

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guilt proved beyond a reasonable doubt

12. civil

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breaking a legal document or legal obligation

Activity 13

1. a study or report on the parts of a problem, situation, or matter; detailed examination

2. involving common or ordinary citizens

3. a general idea based on specific information

4. large (number, amount, or size)

5. to guarantee, make certain

6. harmed or hurt in some way (physically, emotionally, psychologically)

7. to seek; go after or try to get; carry something further

8. solution, answer to a problem; settlement

9. to look for or go after, try to obtain/get something

10. breaking of a rule, law, agreement, contract, or a right

Activity 14

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