Unit 6

Question 1

Interest groups sometimes begin as

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Social movements

Question 2

What are people who share a common attitude toward an issue called when they join together to influence the government for specific ends?

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Interest groups

Question 3

A large body of people interested in a common issue, idea, or concern that is of continuing significance and who are willing to take action is called a

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Social movement

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Organized in 1912, the broadest business trade association is the

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Chamber of Commerce

Question 5

Nonprofit groups such as the Humane Society of the United States, that operate outside the institutions of government but often pursue public policy objectives and lobby governments are called

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NGOs

Question 6

Members of ideological groups often focus on

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Single issues

Question 7

This is an example of a trade association

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National Association fo Realtors

Question 8

__ started many consumer organizations, now known as the Public Interest Research Groups, that investigate and report on government action relating to consumer interests.

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Ralph Nader

Question 9

The “spread” of an interest group refers to

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Whether its membership is concentrated or dispersed

Question 10

“A day without Immigrants” featured over 600,000 people gathered to

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Focus media attention on the important role immigrants play in the economy

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This party was formed in the mid-1840s to work against the spread of slavery in the territories

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Free Soil Party

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Associations can gain a forum for their views by filling

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Amicus Curie Briefs

Question 13

What two important types of information do interest groups provide?

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Political information and substantive information

Question 14

Many people beileve that lobbyists have too much influence on government

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Adding to legislative gridlock

Question 15

The term lobbying was NOT generally used until around

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Mid 19th century

Question 16

A PAC is

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The political arm of an interest group

Question 17

The majority of PACs are related to what interest?

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Corporate

Question 18

Until 2004, interest groups could avoid the contribution limitation to political parties by contributing

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Soft Money

Question 19

Mass-membership organizations usually fail to mobilize their full membership in elections because

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Too many cross pressures exist

Question 20

If James Madison were to return today, what would surprise him regarding the factions of today?

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both the deep investment of interest groups in the electoral process and the vast number of lobbyists in Washington

Question 21

Former Senator Warren Rudman (R-N.H) said about lobbyist donations

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“you can’t be a part of this system without getting dirty”

Question 22

According to your text, some groups are better __, allowing them a decided advantage over other groups

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Organized and financed

Question 23

The propensity of interest groups to support incumbents in elections increases the advantages of incumbency,

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Which is often seen as undesirable

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The US has sought to regulate interest groups by

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Regulating lobbying

Question 25

The most heavily unionized democracy is

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Denmark

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__ also allows people to communicate and organize rapidly in response to political events

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The Internet

Question 27

With table television came

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Round the clock news coverage

Question 28

Currently, circulation for daily newspapers is approximately one copy for every__ Americans

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6

Question 29

Candidates in the 1930s began to use the radio more because the media became more

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Objective

Question 30

The FCC is an independent regulatory commission charged with licensing what?

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Radio stations

Question 31

Who directly oversees the media's selection of news stories?

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The media itself

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The mass media's impact on most Americans is modified by their

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Selecting perception

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Bill O'Reilly is

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Conservative

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Calling public attention to certain issues, the media are partaking in

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Agenda setting

Question 35

Some critics argue the bias in the media comes from reporters being __ their subjects

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Too friendly with

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Campaign consultants help campaigns with all of the following EXCEPT 1. professional advice and service 2. image making 3. opinion polling 4. advertising strategies 5. selection of a candidate

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Selection of candidate

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Focus groups are

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small groups who are asked questions about candidates and issues

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The media's new form of a town meeting is

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The Internet

Question 39

Every political system has some way for citizens and social groups to express their needs and demands to government. This is the process of

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Interest articulation

Question 40

Institutional groups may include all of the following EXCEPT

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Polish workers on strike

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Associational groups may include all of the following EXCEPT

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Saudi royal family

Question 42

A society that is characterized by social and political interaction free of sate control or regulation is called a

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Civil society

Question 43

A corporatist interest group system is distinguished by

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Systemic involvement of businesses or other interest groups in making and implementing policy

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Individual access to the influential is normally

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Legit but ineffective

Question 45

Protest demonstrations are most effective when

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They are organized

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The concept of "relative deprivation" as developed by Ted Gurr is used to explain

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frustration, discontent and anger that motivates social aggression.

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Terrorism is least effective when confronted by

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A united democratic leadership