Chapter Four

1. In 1963, while jailed for his civil rights activities, Martin Luther King wrote which essay seeking to link the civil rights movements with the founding ideals of American political culture?

2. Which senator from North Carolina has been a vocal critic of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and its support of what he believes to be obscene and indecent projects?

3. Which state recently became the first in the country to recognize civil unions between homosexual partners?

4. The "Red Scare" of the 1950s was characterized by attempts to root out and identify suspected Communists in the American government and elsewhere. Which senator headed up televised investigations of this matter?

5. Who is the founder of the group Moral Majority that advocated conservative positions on issues of public morality, abortion, and other social issues during the 1970s and 1980s?

6. First published in 1776, which work by Adam Smith outlines the principle of "laissez faire" and the notion that government should exercise little control over the economy?