1 When was the book first published? 2000 2010 2020 2023 2 The book was updated to reflect events up until ___. the 2020 election Trump's second impeachment late in the 2024 presidential campaign the beginning of the 2024 presidential campaign 3 What is Richardson's area of focus as a historian? The Civil War The Republican Party The Trump years The Democratic Party 4 Democracies fall apart ___. in riots at the ballot box by gunpoint conspicuously 5 The group against the liberal consensus believes ___. it does no good to classify people as good or bad all people are equally bad some people are better than others all people are equally good 6 The group of people who are against democracy's fundamental principles are ___. small in size getting larger in size large in size in the past only 7 When did the liberal consensus first form? The 2000s The 1930s The 1980s The 1960s 8 Which president spearheaded the New Deal? Lyndon Johnson Theodore Roosevelt Harry Truman Franklin Roosevelt 9 Republicans and Southern Democrats pushed back against which parts of the New Deal? A big federal government Civil rights Business regulation All of these 10 The Conservative Manifesto touts the virtues of all the following except ___. civil rights private property local control of politics a balanced budget 11 According to Richardson, the conservatives as we know them ___. have never embraced authoritarianism are true to the history of conservatism are actually radicals have always formed the Republican Party 12 Who did Americans cheer in WWII? Conservative politicians Socialists Fascists Ordinary Americans 13 Who was the first president to truly advocate the position that the nation must embrace the principles of the Declaration? Jackson Lincoln Jefferson FDR 14 Which group was part of the modern conservative resistance against the liberal consensus? Intellectuals Businessmen Laborers Antiracists 15 Which post-WWII president first worked to push through civil rights legislation? Truman Eisenhower Johnson Kennedy 16 What did Brown vs. Board of Education do? Protect voting rights End public segregation Desegregate public schools Protect civil liberties 17 Which amendment contains the equal protection clause? 17th 21st 14th 15th 18 The liberal consensus was ___ during the period of 1946-1964. weak first formed invisible strong 19 What did Foghorn Leghorn represent? Evil conservatism The radical activist The disinterested citizen The modern liberal 20 What term did conservatives use improperly to rile up Americans? Anarchism Socialism Radicalism Communism 21 What was a powerful symbol of masculinity used in politics? The general The rebel The worker The cowboy 22 Buckley's conservatism promoted all the following except ___. religion as paramount hierarchies business regulation traditional family structure 23 Who was the first modern conservative, running for president in 1964? Pat Buchanan Ronald Reagan William Buckley Barry Goldwater 24 What was Johnson's major civil rights accomplishment? Integration of the military Brown vs. Board of Education The Civil Rights Act of 1964 14th amendment 25 What issue would make things tougher for the Democrats in the 1960s and beyond? Their support of racial equality Their support of business regulation Their support of infrastructure Their support of women's rights
