Chapter 14 Flashcards
AFL-CIO
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations is the largest federation of unions in the United States. It is made up of fifty-five national and international unions, together representing more than 12 million active and retired workers.
The AFL-CIO and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network form a partnership to collaborate with local worker centers on immigration reform and other issues
American Anti-Slavery Society
an abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, was a key leader of this society who often spoke at its meetings.
The American Anti-Slavery Society was formally dissolved in 1870, after the Civil War and Emancipation.
American Federation of Labor
a national federation of labor unions in the United States founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor union
The American Federation of Labor’s president was Samuel Gompers
Christian Coalition
a nonprofit organization that serves as a powerful lobby for politically conservative causes
The Christian Coalition was created in 1989 by religious broadcaster and former presidential candidate Marion Gordon Robertson
civic virtue
the cultivation of habits important for the success of the community
Civic virtue helps people understand their ties to the community and their responsibilities within it
Collective Good
Organized interests formed by individuals drawn together by opportunities to promote a cause in which they believe but which does not provide them significant individual economic benefits
Collective Good is a good or service that cannot be denied to anyone who wishes to consume it
Disturbance theory
The theory that interest groups form in part to counteract the efforts of other groups
The Disturbance Theory affected groups in the early 1900s
economic interest group
that are organized primarily for economic reasons but that engage in political activity in order to seek favorable policies from government
Economic interest groups include organizations that represent big business, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers
free rider problem
The problem faced by interest groups when citizens can reap the benefits of interest group action without actually joining
The free rider program made it very difficult for other civilians to receive benefits.
Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007
a law of the United States federal government that amended parts of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
The HLOGA was created to strengthen public disclosure requirements
Interest Group
A collection of people who share a common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends
The start of Brett Kavanaugh’s tenure on the Supreme Court may look like a victory for one interest group or another.
Jerry Falwell
A Southern Baptist Minister who, in 1978, founded the conservative religious group the Moral Majority
Jerry Falwell won the majority of religious groups
lobbying
The activities of a group or organization that seek to persuade political leaders to support the group’s
position
he said that David was lobbying the council on behalf of the Forest Havens development
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 Lobby Disclosure Act does not include those lobbyists whose activities constitute less than 20 percent of the time engaged in services
lobbyist
Interest group representative who seeks to influence legislation that will benefit his or her organizations or client through political and/or financial persuasion
A lobbyist usually has a conversation with the legislator’s position on the issue
