Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Quizzes

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Quiz 1

1 When was the book first published?
2000

2020

2023

2010
2 The book was updated to reflect events up until ___.
Trump's second impeachment

late in the 2024 presidential campaign

the 2020 election

the beginning of the 2024 presidential campaign
3 What is Richardson's area of focus as a historian?
The Democratic Party

The Republican Party

The Civil War

The Trump years
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 good

all people are equally bad

some people are better than others
6 The group of people who are against democracy's fundamental principles are ___.
small in size

in the past only

getting larger in size

large in size
7 When did the liberal consensus first form?
The 1960s

The 2000s

The 1980s

The 1930s
8 Which president spearheaded the New Deal?
Harry Truman

Theodore Roosevelt

Franklin Roosevelt

Lyndon Johnson
9 Republicans and Southern Democrats pushed back against which parts of the New Deal?
Civil rights

A big federal government

Business regulation

All of these
10 The Conservative Manifesto touts the virtues of all the following except ___.
civil rights

private property

a balanced budget

local control of politics
11 According to Richardson, the conservatives as we know them ___.
have always formed the Republican Party

have never embraced authoritarianism

are true to the history of conservatism

are actually radicals
12 Who did Americans cheer in WWII?
Conservative politicians

Fascists

Ordinary Americans

Socialists
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

Antiracists

Laborers
15 Which post-WWII president first worked to push through civil rights legislation?
Johnson

Eisenhower

Kennedy

Truman
16 What did Brown vs. Board of Education do?
Protect voting rights

Desegregate public schools

Protect civil liberties

End public segregation
17 Which amendment contains the equal protection clause?
17th

21st

15th

14th
18 The liberal consensus was ___ during the period of 1946-1964.
weak

strong

invisible

first formed
19 What did Foghorn Leghorn represent?
The radical activist

The modern liberal

The disinterested citizen

Evil conservatism
20 What term did conservatives use improperly to rile up Americans?
Anarchism

Radicalism

Socialism

Communism
21 What was a powerful symbol of masculinity used in politics?
The cowboy

The general

The rebel

The worker
22 Buckley's conservatism promoted all the following except ___.
business regulation

religion as paramount

traditional family structure

hierarchies
23 Who was the first modern conservative, running for president in 1964?
Barry Goldwater

William Buckley

Pat Buchanan

Ronald Reagan
24 What was Johnson's major civil rights accomplishment?
14th amendment

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Integration of the military

Brown vs. Board of Education
25 What issue would make things tougher for the Democrats in the 1960s and beyond?
Their support of racial equality

Their support of infrastructure

Their support of business regulation

Their support of women's rights

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