Influencing Government

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What is an important difference between interest groups and political parties?

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Interest groups attempt to influence government directly on particular issues.

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Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which the media affect politics?
- by providing information on both parties
- by contributing to election campaign funds
- by focusing public attention on particular issues
- by providing in-depth coverage of national issues

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by contributing to election campaign funds

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Which title completes the diagram about the American political system? Options: How interest groups decide an issue, How interest groups engage in electioneering, How interest groups use publicity to win support, How interest groups lobby state and federal legislators

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How interest groups engage in electioneering

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Sarah felt very strongly about an issue in the news. She wrote to her representative in Congress and expressed her feelings on the issue. Then she wrote a short editorial for the local newspaper and sent it off. Which statement describes Sarah's activities?

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She was acting as a lobbyist.

Front

Based upon the information in the graph, where should a candidate spend the most campaign funds for advertising? Options: newspaper, television, Internet, radio

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television

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Based on the graph, how have Americans' sources of news changed since 1992?

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The Internet is gradually replacing newspapers as a source of news.

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Which group on the table would be mostly likely to support a ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico?

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Interest Group 2

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Which best describes the main objective of a lobbyist? Options: to raise campaign funds for political parties, to influence public decision-making for the common good, to influence state legislators or members of Congress on issues, to advise political candidates on how to manage their election campaigns

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to influence state legislators or members of Congress on issues

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Which activity is used by interest groups to influence public policy? Options: bribing legislators to support their proposals, impeaching their opponents in the legislature, sponsoring news programs on major television networks, giving legislators the benefit of their subject-area expertise

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sponsoring news programs on major television networks

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Which propaganda technique is used in a U.S. government poster from World War I?

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demonizing opponents