Jasmine Elizalde- CH 14 Vocab.

Question 1

Interest group

Answer 1

A collection of people or organizations that tries to influence public policy. Sentence: The interest groups were trying to influence my family.

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 United States. Sentence: The American Anti-Slavery Society wanted to abolish slavery, especially in the South.

Question 3

Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

Answer 3

• A public interest group created in 1874 with the goal of outlawing the sale of liquor. It’s activities included prayer groups, protests marches, lobbying, and the destruction of saloons. Sentence: The WCTU made many gentleman mad since they wanted to ban liquor.

Question 4

The Grange

Answer 4

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.
Sentence: The Grange allowed my grandfather to practice new ways to grow crops.

Question 5

Lobbyist

Answer 5

interest group representative who seeks to influence legislation that will benefit his or her organization or client through political and/or financial persuasion.
Sentence: Trump’s campaign was influenced by lobbyist donations.

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.
Sentence: The progressive movement allowed for there to be stricter rules on major corporations.

Question 7

Public interest group

Answer 7

an organization that seeks a collective good that if achieved will not selectively and materially benefit group members.
Sentence: If the public gets in agreement with gas prices dropping it will benefit everyone in the group.

Question 8

American Federation of Labor (AFL)

Answer 8

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. Sentence:The American Federation of labour helped workers from different trades to get to gether to help them from being taken advantage of from bigger corporations.

Question 9

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)

Answer 9

An organization founded in 1895 by manufacturers to combat the growth of organized labor.
Sentence: NAM Helped reduce the inequality in combating the other side of the conflict.

Question 10

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Answer 10

A major pro-business lobbying group founded in 1912. Sentence: The chamber of commerce is where a lot of business ideas are discussed.

Question 11

Trade association

Answer 11

A group that represents a specific industry.

Sentence:I use a trade association to give me a better connection with certain industries.

Question 12

Jerry Falwell

Answer 12

A Southern Baptist minister who, in 1978, founded the conservative religious interest group the Moral Majority.
Sentence:Jerry Falwell was a reverend who founded the group that was no longer existing in the 1980s.

Question 13

Moral Majority

Answer 13

A conservative religious interest group credited with helping to mobilize conservative Evangelical Christian voters from its founding in 197 through the presidency of Ronald Regan. Sentence: The group of Moral Majority was destroyed in the late 1980s and this void was filled by Robertson.

Question 14

Pat Roberston

Answer 14

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. Sentence:Pat Robertson has grown in power and influence or his creation in 1989.

Question 15

Christian Coalition

Answer 15

A religious interest group founded in 1989 to advance conservative christian principles and traditional values in American politics. Sentence:The Christian Coalition has grown since 1989 and has influenced members of the evangelical church.

Question 16

National Rifle Association (NRA)

Answer 16

the major gun rights lobbying group in the US which opposes gun control and advances and expansive interpretation of the second amendment. Sentence: The NRA is a potent player in the political process.

Question 17

AFL-CIO

Answer 17

large labor union founded in 1955 by the merging of he american federation of labor and its one-time riala the congress of industrial of organizations (CIO). sentence:The AFL-CIO channeled its energies into pressuring the government to protect concessions won from employers at the bargain table.

Question 18

Social capital

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cooperative relationships that facilitate the resolution of collective problems. Sentence:The involvement of community groups in activities with others of like interests enhances the level of social capital.;

Question 19

Civic virtue

Answer 19

tendency to form small-scale associations for the public good. Sentence:Being able to work for the collective good creates public good, and civic virtue.

Question 20

Pluralist theory

Answer 20

theory that political power is distributed among a wide array of diverse and competing interest groups. Sentence:David B Truman agrees with the pluralist theory.

Question 21

Disturbance theory

Answer 21

theory that public policies are the result of narrowly defined exchanges or transactions among political actors. Sentence:The approach of disturbance theory is where groups form as a result of changes in the political system.

Question 22

Transactions theory

Answer 22

theory that public policies are the result of narrowly defined exchanges or transactions among political actors. Sentence:Transaction theory arose out of criticisms of pluralists approach.

Question 23

Collective good

Answer 23

something of values that cannot be withheld from a non member of a group, for ex., a tax write off of a better environment. Sentence:Collective goods cause people to join groups for the benefits.

Question 24

Economic interest group

Answer 24

group with the primary purpose of promoting the financial interests of its members. Sentence:Economic interest groups promote financial interests of their members/

Question 25

Political action committee (PAC)

Answer 25

officially recognized fund organization that represents interest groups and is allowed by federal law to make contributions directly to candidates’ campaigns. Sentence:The PACs were formed by businesses, labor unions, and interest groups.

Question 26

Lobbying

Answer 26

activities of a group or organizations that seek to persuade political leaders to support the group’s position. Sentence:Lobbying allows groups to pursue their policy agendas by persuading leaders to support their position.

Question 27

Marian Wright Edelman

Answer 27

lawyer who in 1973 founded the Children’s Defense Fund to protect the rights of children, particularly those who are members of disadvantaged groups. Sentence: Marian W.E is considered a notable leader of the WCTU.

Question 28

Patron

Answer 28

person who finances a group or individual activity. Sentence: Governments, foundations and rich people can be patrons.

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 to the effort. Sentence: the greatest free rider problem is the National Governors Association.

Question 30

Lobbying Disclosure Act

Answer 30

a 1995 federal law that employed a strict definition of lobbyist requirements on the activities of lobbyist. Sentence:The Lobbying Disclosure Act made it easier for watchdog groups of monitor lobbying activities.

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 to the private sector. Sentence: The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 was an attempted remedy of lobbying scandals.