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American Gov't 11
American Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A strategy for obtaining political influence that involves gaining access to key decision makers and using the courts is called | Insider Strategy |
| A strategy that launches a media campaign to build popular support is called | Going public |
| Special newsletters, periodicals, training programs, and conferences provided to members of interest groups to entice others to join are examples of | Informational Benefits |
| In the quest for political influence, outsider strategies include | Going public |
| The relationship between government activity and interest group activity is | as government activity increases, interest group activity increases |
| The result of President Obama’s pledge to not allow any political appointee to work on regulations or contracts related to their prior employment was | the pledge was ultimately broken |
| An example of an outsider strategy used by the Sierra Club is | supporting candidates who promote environmental protection |
| Selective benefits that emphasize the purpose and accomplishments of the group are known as | Purposive benefit |
| In order to function most groups need all of the following EXCEPT | cadre of scholars |
| When the Service Employees International Union spent over $30 million in independent campaign activity on behalf of Barack Obama, they exemplified the strategy of | campaign activism |
| An attempt by a group to influence the policy process through persuasion of government officials is known as | Lobbying |
| Which of the following is NOT a way interest groups enhance democracy? | engaging in rent-seeking for particularized benefits |
| The Supreme Court case in which a women’s group seeking support from the courts suffered major defeat for the women’s rights movement was | Roe vs. Wade |
| An organized group of individuals or organizations that makes policy-related appeals to government is called | An interest group |
| When the Sierra Club initiated a public media campaign to encourage citizens across the country to support their environmental initiatives, they used the strategy known as | Going public |
| The Natural Resources Defense Council, Common Cause, and the Union of Concerned Scientists are groups driven primarily by | The public interest |
| A device that allows groups to propose laws that the public will vote on in the next general election ballot, thereby bypassing elected officials is | Initiative |
| What did the set of 1996 regulations on the actions of lobbyists that are still in effect today do? | limited the size of individual gifts to no more than $50 |
| James Madison argued that organized interests would have less opportunity to dominate the political process if the nation is | large with diverse interests |
| Interest groups tend to concern themselves with the | policies of government |
| The case in which the NAACP successfully used the courts to make the first declaration that segregation of the schools was unconstitutional was | Brown v. Board of Education |
| Mobilizing ordinary citizens to write to their representatives in support of the group’s position is a specific example of a | grassroots lobbying effort |
| According to the Madisonian theory, a good constitution encourages | multiple interest groups |
| The fact that a group of individuals would all benefit from draining a swamp but that any individual can “shirk” their part of the duties for doing so illustrates the concept of | Free riding |
| The formation of many groups in the 1930s came because of | a sharp uptick in the number of political entrepreneurs |
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