FDR
What crisis was going on while FDR was campaigning for president that he used to justify radical changes to the government?
The Great Depression
What was the name for LBJ's plan to create a set of domestic programs intended to reduce poverty and inequality?
The Great Society
What does Reagan say the government will never willingly choose to do?
reduce its own size and power
What was the name for FDR's plan to create a series of domestic programs and regulations enacted with the aim of addressing the Great Depression?
The New Deal
What was the name of the group of elite experts and advisors loyal to FDR, who he wanted to run the government?
the Brain Trust
What does LBJ say the purpose of the government is?
to pursue the happiness of the people
What is the major choice we have to make as a nation, according to Reagan?
Will we plan our own lives?
OR
Will we have the government plan our lives for us?
What did LBJ declare a "war" on?
Poverty
What term was given to the successful businessmen in the late 19th and early 20th century whose practices were often considered ruthless or unethical?
Robber barons
How did LBJ want to be remembered?
As the most progressive president in history, even more than FDR.
Why is it so important for the U.S. to win the Cold War, according to Ronald Reagan?
If we lose freedom in America, there is nowhere else to escape to.
What is the name for the system of government that is centralized and dictatorial, and requires complete subservience to and control by the state?
Totalitarianism
What is a subsidy?
When the government pays a company to accomplish a task.
What is the term for the process by which poor areas of a city are demolished and the inhabitants are displaced by wealthier, trendy developments?
gentrification
How did welfare programs encourage the breakup of families?
The programs were often restricted to single mothers, so women would divorce their husbands to receive the government money.
What is at least one reason why FDR praised absolute monarchies?
They centralized government control
They reigned in “barons” who had too much power
He suggests that this should be done with modern “robber barons”
How did Franklin D. Roosevelt redefine the goal of democracy?
He says democracy is a never ending quest for the government to give people more things.
What were the three main projects of the Great Society?
1. Urban renewal
2. Countryside/environmental renewal
3. Education reform
Why did Reagan think that one of the greatest threats to liberty is when the government starts spreading “free” benefits among the people?
People become willing to sacrifice their liberties in order to continue receiving benefits.
In order to provide benefits, the government takes control of and plans the economy.
What did Reagan mean when he said "the more the plans fail, the more the planners plan"?
Government programs would fail and create more problems, which new programs would be created to address (these would then fail, creating a never ending array of problems)
Why didn’t FDR believe in “private” property rights?
He says that private property affects the public as a whole, so the government should have more control over it.
What does LBJ say the task of the current age of government is?
to equally distribute the wealth that was produced in the previous age
According to Reagan, what is the problem with taxing some groups in society more than others?
Once the government starts taking more from one group, the principle of equality under the law has been violated (then, the government can justify treating anyone however it wants)
How is social security similar to a Ponzi Scheme?
Both involve a system in which earlier investors are paid by newer investors rather than profits/natural growth.