APGovCH.14

Question 1

interest group

Answer 1

a collection of people or organizations that tries to influence public policy.

An interest group is an organization of people who share a common interest and work together to protect and promote that interest by influencing the government.

Question 2

American Anti-Slavery Society

Answer 2

a major interest group, founded in 1833, to advocate for the abolition of the institution of slavery throughout the US

The American Anti-Slavery Society was an abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan.

Question 3

Women’s Christian Temperance Movement (WCTU)

Answer 3

A public interest group created in 1874 for the goal of outlawing the sale of liquor. Its activities included prayer groups, protest marches, lobbying, and the destruction of saloons.

The WCTU was founded in November 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Question 4

The Grange

Answer 4

Founded in 1867 as an educational organization for farmers. It 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 made to protect farmers from the government.

Question 5

lobbyist

Answer 5

interest group representative who seeks to influence legislation that will benefit his or her organization or client through political/financial persuasion

Lobbyist only care about themselves and their political groups.

Question 6

progressive movement

Answer 6

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

The Progressive Era is a period of widespread social activism and political reform.

Question 7

public interest group

Answer 7

an organization that seeks a collective good that if achieved will not only selectively and materially benefit group members

public interest groups promote issues of general public concern.

Question 8

American Federation of Labor (AFL)

Answer 8

Founded in 1886, it 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

The AFL was a national federation of labor unions in the United States founded in Columbus, Ohio.

Question 9

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)

Answer 9

An organization founded in 1895 by manufacturers to combat the growth of organized labor

The NAM was placed so organized labor could be controlled.

Question 10

US Chamber of Commerce

Answer 10

A major pro-business lobbying group founded in 1912

The United States Chamber of Commerce is a business-oriented American lobbying group.

Question 11

trade association

Answer 11

a group that represents a specific industry

A trade association can be specified per industry.

Question 12

Jerry Falwell

Answer 12

A Southern Baptist minister who, in 1978, founded the conservative religious interest group the Moral Majority

Jerry Falwell sounds a lot like Jerry Seinfeld.

Question 13

Moral Majority

Answer 13

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

the moral majority seems to work hard for what they want.

Question 14

Pat Robertson

Answer 14

A Southern Baptist minister and television evangelist who ran for president in 1988 and in 1989 formed the Christian Coalition

Mrs. Beason is friends with Pat Robertson.

Question 15

Christian Coalition

Answer 15

A religious interest group founded in 1989 to advance conservative Christian principles and traditional values in American politics

I wonder if Mrs. Beason will even read these sentences, Christian coalition.

Question 16

National Rifle Association (NRA)

Answer 16

The major gun rights lobbying group in the US, which opposes gun control and advances an expansive interpretation of the 2nd Amendment

I mean isn’t it just as easy as adding the term into the end of the sentence, NRA.

Question 17

AFL-CIO

Answer 17

a large labor union founded in 1955 by the merging of the AFL and the CIO

I’m pretty sure she won’t accept it but who knows AFL-CIO.

Question 18

social capital

Answer 18

cooperative relationships that facilitate the resolution of collective problems

Although if she does find and read these I wonder what she thinks, social capital.

Question 19

civic virtue

Answer 19

the tendency to form small-scale associations for the public good

If you’re reading this Mrs. Beason, don’t be mad its all a joke, civic virtue.

Question 20

pluralist theory

Answer 20

the theory that political power is distributed among a wide array of diverse and competing interest groups

I mean remember when I tried to catch that mouse for you, pluralist theory.

Question 21

disturbance theory

Answer 21

the theory that interest groups form as a result of changes in the political system

and you were all like “ahhh grab my bag” disturbance theory.

Question 22

transactions theory

Answer 22

the theory that public policies are the result of narrowly defined exchanges or transactions among political actors

you did say they had to sentence you didn’t specifically say they had to incorporate the terms, transitions theory.

Question 23

collective good

Answer 23

something of value that cannot be withheld from a nonmember of the group, for example, a tax write-off or a better environment

so technically speaking I’m doing nothing wrong by writing sentences that wouldn’t make sense, collective good.

Question 24

economic interest group

Answer 24

a group with the primary purpose of promoting the financial interests of its members

but because I’m such a good student ill make these last few sentences the way you want, economic interest group.

Question 25

political action committee

Answer 25

Officially recognized fund-raising organization that represents interest groups that are allowed by federal law to make contributions directly to candidates’ campaign

Political action committees are the ones raising money for their candidates.

Question 26

lobbying

Answer 26

The activities of a group or organization that seek to persuade political leaders to support the group’s position

Lobbying is a tactic used to sway the argument however the group pleases.

Question 27

Marian Wright Edelman

Answer 27

A lawyer who in 1973 founded the Children’s Defense Fund to protect the rights of children, particularly those who are members of disadvantaged groups

Thanks, to Marian Wright Edelman we don’t have to be forced into labor as toddlers.

Question 28

patron

Answer 28

A person who finances a group or individual activity

Patrons fund groups or individuals who they believe in.

Question 29

free rider problem

Answer 29

Potential members who fail to join a group because they can get the benefit, or collective good, sought by the group without contributing the effort

Free rider problem is just those who procrastinate off others.

Question 30

Lobbying Disclosure Act

Answer 30

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 defines what lobbyism is.

Question 31

Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007

Answer 31

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 the private sector

The honest leadership and open government act tightened the rules for government.