AP GOV Chapter 14 Key Terms- Selena Gomez Per. 6 Flashcards
Interest Groups
A collection of people or organizations that tries to influence public policy
The Boy Scouts of America are an example of an interest group.
American Anti-Slavery Society
A major interest group, founded in 1833, to advocate for the abolition of the institution of slavery throughout the United States
The American Anti-Slavery Society was founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tapan.
Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
A public interest group created in 1874 with the goal of outlawing the sale of liquor. Its activities included prayer groups, protest marches, lobbying, and the destruction of saloons
Many women in the Women’s Christian Temperance believed that alcohol was an evil substance that left men neglecting their families.
The Grange
Founded in 1867 as an educational organization for farmers, The Grange evolved into the first truly national interest group by working to protect the political and economic concerns of farming communities and rural areas
The Grange was created after the Civil War had occurred.
Lobbyist
Interest group representative who seeks to influence legislation that will benefit his or her organization or client through political and/or financial persuasion
The chairman of the committee asked security to remove a lobbyist who kept bothering him during lunch.
Progressive Movement
A broad group of political and social activists from the 1890s to the 1920s who opposed corruption in government, supported regulation of monopolies, and sought improvement of socioeconomic conditions
Many new organizations and groups were formed due to the Progressive movement.
Public interest group
An organization that seeks a collective good that if achieved will not selectively and materially benefit group members
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce are a public interest group.
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Founded in 1886, the AFL brought skilled workers from several trades together into one stronger national organization for the first time. It merged in 1955 with the Congress of Industrial Organizations to form the AFL-CIO
Who founded the American Federation of Labor?
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
An organization founded in 1895 by manufacturers to combat the growth of organized labor
The childrens’ father was apart of the National Association of Manufacturers.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
A major pro-business lobbying group founded in 1912
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce was founded in the same year that the titanic sank.
Trade Association
A group that represents a specific industry
Do you know of any Trade Associations?
Jerry Falwell
A Southern Baptist minister who, in 1978, founded the conservative religious interest group the Moral Majority
Jerry Falwell passed away in 2007.
Moral Majority
A conservative religious interest group credited with helping to mobilize conservative Evangelical Christian voters from its founding in 1978 through the presidency of Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
You weren’t even alive when the Moral Majority was founded!
Pat Robertson
A Southern Baptist minister and television evangelist who ran for president in 1988 and in 1989 founded the conservative religious interest group the Christian Coalition
Pat Robertson was in the the 700 Club.
Christian Coalition
A religious interest group founded in 1989 to advance conservatives Christian principles and traditional values in American politics
You don’t seem like the kind of person who would be apart of the Christian Coalition.
National Rifle Association (NRA)
The major gun-rights lobbying group in the United States, which opposes gun control an advances an expansive interpretation of the Second Amendment
The president of the National Rifle Association is Oliver North.
AFL-CIO
A large labor union founded in 1955 by the merging of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and its one-time rival the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
The AFL-CIO is a nonporfit organization.
Social Capital
Cooperative relationships that facilitate the resolution of collective problems
Do you know what a Social capital is?
Civic Virtue
The tendency to form small-scale associations for the public good
An individual can exhibit civic virtue by voting.
Pluralist theory
The theory that political power is distributed among a wide array of diverse and competing interest groups
I still have no clue what pluralist theory is.
Disturbance theory
The theory that interest groups form as a result of changes in the political system
Mom, what is a disturbance theory?
Transaction theory
The theory that public policies are the result of narrowly defined exchanges or transactions among political actors
The transaction theory is also called social cost theory.
Collective good
Something of value that cannot be withheld from a nonmember of a group, for example, a tax write-off or a better environment
Public goods and collective goods are indispensable.
Economic Interest group
A group with the primary purpose of promoting the financial interests of its members
Does the president have an economic interest group?
Political action committee (PAC)
Officially recognized fund-raising organization that represents interest groups and is allowed by federal law to make contributions directly to candidates campaigns
I’m apart of the political action committee.
lobbying
The activities of a group or organization that seek to persuade political leaders to support the groups position
In Georgia, lobbying is a felony by law.
Marian Wright Edelman
A lawyer who in 1973 founded the Children’s Defense Fund to protect the rights of children, particularly those who are members of disadvantaged
Marian Wright Edelman was once my lawyer.
Patron
A person who finances a group or individual activity
My mom is a patron for Girl Scouts.
free rider problem
Potential members who fail to join a group because they can get the benefit, or collective good, sought by the group without contributing
The free rider added nothing to the team so he was fired.
Lobbying Disclosure Act
A 1995 federal law that employed a strict definition of lobbyist and established strict reporting requirements on the activities of lobbyists
The Lobbying Disclosure Act was amended substantially in 2007.
Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007
Lobbying reform banning gifts to members of Congress and their staffs, toughening disclosure requirements, and increasing time limits on moving from the federal government to be private sector
My brother doesn’t know what the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 is.
