Chapter 7 & 8 Quiz

A  public interest groups.

B  grassroots interest groups.

C  potential interest groups.

D  citizen interest groups.

A  health insurance program

B  newsletter

C  consciousness-raising workshop

D  free T-shirt

A  prohibited interest groups from donating to electoral campaigns but increased the amount of money Super PACs could contribute.

B  dramatically increased the flow of money from interest groups and Super PACs into politics and electoral campaigns.

C  dramatically decreased the flow of money from interest groups and Super PACs into politics and electoral campaigns.

D  prohibited Super PACs from donating to electoral campaigns but increased the amount of money interest groups could contribute.

A  public interest groups are now actively involving private corporations.

B  private interests are hiding behind the ideals of public interests.

C  the free-rider problem does not apply to private corporations.

D  credit card companies are interested in the public good.

A  United States v. Nixon (1974)

B  Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)

C  Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)

D  Roe v. Wade (1973)

A  are willing to publicize their membership lists.

B  do not coordinate their efforts with a candidate’s own campaign organization.

C  do not employ any person who has formerly worked on a political campaign.

D  present both sides of the issue in their issue advocacy ads.

A  legitimacy; power

B  policies; personnel

C  membership; authority

D  values; goals

A  the Human Rights Campaign’s

B  the Congress of Racial Equality’s

C  the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s

D  the American Civil Liberties Union’s

A  Supreme Court decisions banning iron triangles have largely failed to limit interest group influence.

B  interest groups no longer attempt to influence representatives in Congress or judges and focus almost all of their attention, instead, on administrative agencies.

C  federal agencies almost always attempt to consult relevant stakeholders before implementing a new rule.

D  the First Amendment to the Constitution only allows corporations to “petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

A  businesses and corporations.

B  labor groups.

C  ideological groups.

D  public-sector groups.

A  vote on the party’s platform.

B  take nominations for leadership positions within the party.

C  raise money to spend on the party’s preselected candidate for the general election.

D  select a single candidate to represent the party in the general election.

A  winning elections

B  creating the party platform

C  raising the most money

D  nominating candidates

A  they are only used to support candidates from relatively unknown third parties.

B  donors and amounts contributed do not have to be made public.

C  they are technically illegal under an unenforced provision of federal campaign finance law.

D  they can only be used during nonelection years.

A  voters tend to prefer candidates who are closer to themselves in terms of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, geography, and social background.

B  affirmative action legislation from the 1960s requires proportional representation in all elections.

C  the Constitution requires at least minimal levels of representation in election campaigns.

D  interest groups frequently engage in direct lobbying to enhance diversity in campaigns.

A  external mobilization

B  divided party government

C  proportional representation

D  an electoral realignment

A  ballot initiative.

B  popular directive.

C  grassroots amendment.

D  people’s compact.

A  Four

B  thirty-four

C  Ten

D  One

A  elite bargaining.

B  proportional representation.

C  external mobilization.

D  internal mobilization.

A  are charged with enforcing the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.

B  are able to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money as long as they do not coordinate their activities with a political party.

C  operate the caucuses of each of the two main political parties.

D  work closely with political parties to coordinate election campaign strategies and fund-raising efforts.