1 When was the book first published? 2010 2023 2020 2000 2 The book was updated to reflect events up until ___. the 2020 election Trump's second impeachment the beginning of the 2024 presidential campaign late in 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 conspicuously at the ballot box by gunpoint 5 The group against the liberal consensus believes ___. all people are equally good some people are better than others all people are equally bad it does no good to classify people as good or bad 6 The group of people who are against democracy's fundamental principles are ___. getting larger in size small in size in the past only 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? Lyndon Johnson Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Theodore Roosevelt 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 a balanced budget local control of politics private property 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 Fascists Socialists Ordinary Americans 13 Who was the first president to truly advocate the position that the nation must embrace the principles of the Declaration? Jefferson Jackson Lincoln FDR 14 Which group was part of the modern conservative resistance against the liberal consensus? Antiracists Businessmen Laborers Intellectuals 15 Which post-WWII president first worked to push through civil rights legislation? Johnson Kennedy Truman Eisenhower 16 What did Brown vs. Board of Education do? Protect civil liberties Protect voting rights End public segregation Desegregate public schools 17 Which amendment contains the equal protection clause? 15th 21st 17th 14th 18 The liberal consensus was ___ during the period of 1946-1964. strong invisible first formed weak 19 What did Foghorn Leghorn represent? The modern liberal The radical activist Evil conservatism The disinterested citizen 20 What term did conservatives use improperly to rile up Americans? Socialism Communism Radicalism Anarchism 21 What was a powerful symbol of masculinity used in politics? The rebel The cowboy The general The worker 22 Buckley's conservatism promoted all the following except ___. religion as paramount business regulation traditional family structure hierarchies 23 Who was the first modern conservative, running for president in 1964? Ronald Reagan William Buckley Pat Buchanan Barry Goldwater 24 What was Johnson's major civil rights accomplishment? The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Integration of the military Brown vs. Board of Education 14th amendment 25 What issue would make things tougher for the Democrats in the 1960s and beyond? Their support of infrastructure Their support of racial equality Their support of women's rights Their support of business regulation
