OP 7 Review 2.10

What are the 3 ways that interest groups monitor and influences government?

• Provide information (often biased)

• endorse candidates for office

• pick stories people will talk about and take action on

• expose government misconduct

• raise money through political action committees (PACs)

What are ways individuals can influence and monitor the government?

• run for political office

• attend civic meetings

• vote

• petition the government

• lobby senators and representatives

What is the main purpose of lobbyists?

• pooling money to give to candidates running for office

• giving info to convince politicians to support their interest group's positions with their decisions

• providing politicians with biased information to increase the common good

• endorsing candidates that support their personal views and agree with their platform

What is the main purpose of Political Action Committees (PACs)?

• pooling money to give to candidates running for office

• convincing politicians to support their interest group's positions with their decisions

• providing politicians with unbiased information to increase the common good

• endorsing candidates that support their personal views and agree with their platform

Which of the Following is NOT a form of Media

• Movies/TV

• Internet/Social Media

• Radio/Sirius

• Attending a lecture/ privately leaked messages

• Books/blog post/News papers

How are Political Parties and Interested groups the same

• Both want to have complete control of the government

• Both want world domination

• Both want to influence peoples ideas and the law

What are the 3 ways that the media monitors and influences government?

• choose issues that get attention

• endorse candidates for office

• pick stories people will talk about and take action on

• expose government misconduct

• raise money through political action committees (PACs)

What is the name for representatives in interest groups who contact officials directly?

• Propagandists
• Lobbyists
• Pollsters
• Political Action Committee

Based on the government system in the U.S., which individual activity is used to directly influence legislative decisions?

• Watching political debates on TV
• Discussing political issues at work
• Collecting opinions for a yearbook
• Gathering signatures for a petition

Which of the following is an example of the media exercising its "watchdog' role over government?

• A local radio talk show about uniforms in school
• A televised debate between presidential campaigns
• A newspaper story about the building if a new highway
• A local television news report about a city councilman taking bribes