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The removal of an embryo or fetus from a woman’s uterus for the purpose of intentionally ending a human pregnancy before it results in the birth of a baby is called...
an abortion
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A punishment that is carried out by a state or federal government that results in the death of a person by executing him/her is known as….
capital punishment
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The federal government’s policies pertaining to the way in which a foreign person becomes a U.S. citizen or is allowed to legally live in the U.S. are part of the issue of...
immigration
100
What does “left-wing” refer to?
liberal
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200
Issues involving the ways in which people live their lives and what people think is morally right and wrong are called...
social issues
200
The beliefs or ideas that a person has about what an ideal government and society should be like is called one’s...
political ideology
200
People who do not have extremely liberal or extremely conservative views and/or tend to think that both sides have good points on many of the issues are called…
moderates
200
Issues involving how the federal government raises money for things the country needs/wants and how the federal government spends the money that it raises are called…
economic issues
300
_____________________________ prefer the traditional ways of doing things, while _____________________________ believe that society and the government need to change dramatically.
conservatives; liberals
300
The characteristics that describe the human population (such as age, race, gender, etc.) are known as…
demographic variables
300
_____________________________ value economic freedom, while _____________________________ value personal freedom.
conservatives; liberals
300
The total amount of money that the federal government has borrowed and owes to the places that it borrowed it from is referred to as…
the national debt
300
_____________________________ want to have the federal government help bring about equality, while _____________________________ want the federal government to stay out of the economy.
liberals; conservatives
400
The name of the health insurance that poor people get from the U.S. Government, if they qualify for it, is…
Medicaid
400
People who are economically liberal but socially conservative are called…
populists
400
_____________________________ believe that the federal government should help get people who don’t have what they need, get what they need, while _____________________________ believe that people need to take individual responsibility for themselves.
liberals; conservatives
400
People who are economically conservative but socially liberal are called…
libertarians
400
The federal tax that is deducted from working people’s paychecks by the U.S. Government to pay for Social Security and Medicare is called...
the FICA tax
500
The full name of the program that gives poor people who qualify for it vouchers from the government that can be used to purchase food is…
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
500
Name two religion groups that we learned about whose members are very likely to be conservative.
Fundamentalists/Evangelical Protestants and LDS Members/Mormons
500
What is the full name of the law that requires people who do not have their own health insurance to pay for a health insurance policy at a relatively low price?
Affordable Care Act
500
_____________________________ is the most conservative region (group of states) in the U.S. and _____________________________ is the most liberal region (groups of states) in the U.S.
the South; the Northeast/New England
500
The full name of the monthly money that is given to poor people who qualify for it is…
Supplemental Security Income