Chapter 1: American Political Culture

Chapter Outline

• What Americans Think about Government
  • Trust in Government
  • Political Efficacy
• Citizenship: Knowledge and Participation
  • The Necessity of Political Knowledge
• Government
  • Is Government Needed?
  • Forms of Government
  • Limiting Government
  • Access to Government: The Expansion of Participation
  • Influencing the Government through Participation: Politics
• Who Are Americans?
  • Immigration and Ethnic Diversity
  • Immigration and Race
  • Twenty-First-Century Americans
• Thinking Critically about American Political Culture
  • Liberty
  • Equality
  • Democracy
  • Does the System Uphold American Political Values? Thinking Critically about Liberty, Equality, and Democracy
  • Who Benefits from Government?

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