Crash Course Government 43-45 Interest Groups & Media

Interest groups that work to protect the wild habitats of birds include the Sierra Club and the World Wildlife Foundation.

• True
• False

Most of the time, it is possible to accomplish big things like Hoover Dam or the Interstate Highway System without government action.

• True
• False

Free riding is a problem that happens when people who stand to benefit from a project don’t pay their fair share for supporting it.

• True
• False

The free rider problem is worse in larger groups because it is more possible to be anonymous in these groups and also because in a large group, it’s easier for an individual to feel that an individual’s efforts don’t really matter.

• True
• False

In practice, large groups are the ones that have the most success at forming and pushing an agenda.

• True
• False

Workers are more successful at forming interest groups than are employers

• True
• False

Over the last 40 years, union membership in the U.S. has been on the decline, which has made unions less able to get legislation passed.

• True
• False

Large groups encourage membership by providing special benefits like discounts or physical items

• True
• False

Some interest groups provide “informational benefits” to keep their members up to date on government actions and policies that might affect them.

• True
• False

AARP is an American interest group focused on gun rights

• True
• False