Baby Boom Generation In The 1950's

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Chapter 1 Terms and Essay 1. American Dream- an ideal of a happy, successful life, which often includes wealth, a house, a better life for one’s children, and, for some, the ability to grow up to be president. 2. Baby Boomer- a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s. 3. Citizen- Member of the political community to whom certain rights and obligations are attached. 4. Civil society- society created when citizens are allows to organize and express their views publicly as they engage in an open debate about public policy . 5. Conservative- One thought to believe that a government is best that governs least and that big government can only infringe on individual, personal, and economic rights. 6. Democracy- a system…show more content…
Hyper-pluralism- too many groups have power making it difficult to agree on decisions. (http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-hyperpluralism-169219) 37. Power Elite- the highest political leaders including the president and a handful of key cabinet members and close advisers, major corporate owners and directors; and high-ranking military officers have power. (http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/SOC217_PIMENTEL/imigrant-assimilation.pdf) 38. Marx View- a single party has power. (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/marxist_concepts.htm) 39. Bureaucratic- departments staffed with nonelected officials have power. (http://www.ushistory.org/gov/8.asp) Essay 1: Some contributing factors to this the increase of Americans distrusting our politicians because of recent leaks about our government being corrupt, such as Wikileaks and information about the NSA. Presidential scandals also have made Americans distrust the government. During 1960’s and 1970’s, the Watergate scandal may have caused low external efficacy because not only did the Nixon administration break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters, but they also tried to cover it up which means that politicians most likely hide other similar…show more content…
Like Nixon, Clinton mislead the country about the affair, showing that politicians are not always honest and are deceptive. Conspiracy theories about 9/11 being conducted by the government in order to have rationale to declare war on Iraq, may also have caused low external efficacy. Essay 2: If America becomes more ethnic, the culture becomes more diverse but this comes with costs. The main cost would be having to fund education more in order to break the language barrier. Different teachers would have to hired to teach students to speak English. Other costs include increased racial tensions and the risk of cultures assimilating to one another and not retaining their original identity. If Americans become older then less people would be to work. Because of this, they would require aid from programs like Social Security, meaning younger people who are working would have to pay more taxes. The benefit of this would that if less people are working then it would not be hard to find a job. If the family size increased in American, then there would a larger labor force. Because of this, jobs would harder to find. Other costs to this would be crowding and raising a family would be more expensive. Also, it would be more difficult for a single parent to raise a

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