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| the widely shared beliefs, values and norms about how citizens relate to government and to one another. |
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| the right to vote. belief has changed from belief that only property-owning white men can vote to a conviction that ALL adults, excluding fellons. |
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| Democratic and civic habits of discussion, compromise, and respect for differences, which grow out of participation in voluntary organization. |
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| the rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights. |
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| widespread agreement on fundamental principles of democratic governance and the values that undergird them. |
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| governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority. |
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| a belief that ultimate power resides in the people. |
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| an enduring sense of the national identity or consciousness that derives from cultural, historic linguistic, or political forces. |
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| a complex set of ideas that holds that the US is a land of opportunity where individual initiative and hard work can bring economic success. |
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| an economic system based on private property, competitive markets, economic incentives, and limited government involvement in the production, pricing and distribution of goods and services. |
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| A consistent pattern of beliefs about political values and the role of government. |
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| A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity. |
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| a belief that limited government ensures order, competitive markets, and personal opportunity. |
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| an economic and governmental system based on public ownership of the means of production and exchange. |
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| an ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on minimal government, promoting a free market economy, a noninterventionist foreign policy, an an absence of regulation in moral, economic, and social life. |
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