Gov Unit 2

What are the responsibilities of citizenship?

Obey the law, be informed, vote, participate in public affairs

What are the main parties of the two party system?

The democrat and republican parties

What are the different types of media?

Print media, broadcast media, electronic media

Political spectrum

a system to characterize and classify different political positions in relation to one another

ideology

a basic set of political beliefs

liberal

 tend to favor more government intervention to solve problems

Bigger more active Federal Government

conservative

Conservatives tend to favor private initiatives and efforts by non-governmental groups to solve problems

Smaller Federal Government that only gets involved when needed.