Test 3

Question 1

Interest Groups

Answer 1

organizations that seek to influence public policy
AKA: factions
Purpose: connect citizens to gov.

Question 2

Economic group

Answer 2

organized for economic reasons
organized to make profit, provide jobs, improve pay, and protect an occupation
Ex: chamber of commerce, Microsoft

Question 3

Citizens group

Answer 3

People join because they believe the cause is worthy.

EX: NRA

Question 4

Free Riders

Answer 4

gets the benefits even if they don’t contribute

EX: NPR

Question 5

Who is the nations most powerful lobbying group?

Answer 5

AARP

Question 6

Lobbying

Answer 6

when interest groups try to influence politicians.

Question 7

Citizens United V. Federal Election Commission (2010)

Answer 7

Ruling brought along Superpacks
Not allowed to give money directly to candidate, free to spend as much money as you want to, can accept contributions of any size, do not have to tell where the money came from.

Question 8

2010 Dodd -Frank Act

Answer 8

About the housing market

Exception: Auto Loans

Question 9

“Too big to fail” Issue

Answer 9

Congress bails out the banks,
Tax payers pay back the money- $540 Billion
The gov. cannot use tax payer dollars to bail out banks unless it creates an economic crisis.

Question 10

Watergate Scandal

Answer 10

one of the most famous news stories; caught by slip in the door. Helped bring down Nixon
Pursues the watchdog role under 1st amendment.

Question 11

Yellow Journalism

Answer 11

false reports used to make money

EX: Brian Williams

Question 12

Steps to make news more credible

Answer 12

Separate advertising from new’s department

objective journalism-reporting facts instead of opinions

Question 13

Medias Purpose

Answer 13

Civil Imperative- duty to inform the public

Business Imperative- the need to make money

Question 14

Fairness Doctrine

Answer 14

Receded in 1987
Had to be politically neutral
Had to cover political issues in a neutral and balanced way
Station owners embraced talk radio; made up largely of conservatives.

Question 15

Functions preformed by journalists

Answer 15

Signaling- focus the public’s attention
Common carrier function- supposed to open communication between the gov. and the public; framing-shaping a message
Watchdog function- supposed to protect the public from incompetent individuals
Partisan function- media tries to influence public’s response

Question 16

Media Bias

Answer 16

Major bias-network bias
Talk shows= conservative
EX: Ben Shapiro
The Internet= Liberal
EX: MSNBC

Question 17

Why do incumbents (office holder) have advantages over other candidates?

Answer 17

They cater to consitituents ( the people)
They work to get pork (funding)
They get free frank (mailings) and free trips home and press releases.

Question 18

Gerrymandering

Answer 18

Redrawing the lines for personal gain

Question 19

Redistricting

Answer 19

Redrawing the lines

Question 20

Incumbancy Pitfalls

Answer 20

Disruptive issues
Personal Misconduct - Mr. Weiner
Voter Turnout during Midterm
Superpacts- donate money to the incumbents

Question 21

Restrictions for House

Answer 21

25, two year term, citizen for 7 years, live in the district you want to represent
Representative: James Comer

Question 22

Restrictions for Senate

Answer 22

30, 6 year term, Citizen for 9 years, live in the state I want to represent. The president of the senate is the VP; only vote if tie.
Senators: Mitch McConnell & Rand Paul

Question 23

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 23

Took 1 year through congress, changed nations politics, Nearly all republicans are conservative and all democrats are liberals.

Question 24

Example of a bill that made it through congress

Answer 24

2009 Economic Stimulus Bill

Question 25

Example of a bill that did not make it through congress

Answer 25

2018 Immigration Bill

Question 26

Major functions of congress

Answer 26

law making, representation, and oversight