10.7 Review

What is the main goal of interest groups?

• To influence public policy

• To select policy makers

• To organize public demonstrations

• To form political parties

What is the primary concern of political parties?

• What the government does

• Who takes part in government

• How to influence public policy

• How to organize interest groups

What is the controversial role of interest groups in politics?

• Limiting each other's extremes

• Stimulating interest in public affairs

• Providing useful information to the government

• Having more influence than they deserve

What is the purpose of interest groups reaching out to the public?

• To gain support for their causes

• To build a positive image for their group

• To promote the public policies they favor

• All of the above

What is the direct approach used by interest groups to influence public officials?

• Grass-roots pressures

• Propaganda

• Lobbying

• Campaign contributions

What is the primary means by which the American Civil Liberties Union seeks to influence public policy?

• Legal action

• Lobbying

• Grass-roots pressures

• Campaign contributions

What is the term for organized pressure from citizens at large to influence public officials?

• Campaign contributions

• Grass-roots pressures

• Propaganda

• Lobbying

What technique of persuasion aimed at influencing individual or group behaviors do interest groups often use?

• Grass-roots pressures

• Propaganda

• Lobbying

• Campaign contributions

What do interest groups use to raise campaign funds for candidates whom they think will further their goals?

• Political action committees

• Lobbying

• Legal action

• Grass-roots pressures

What is the term for an interest group filing a brief in a case to which it is not itself a party but in which it does have a stake?

• Grass-roots pressures

• Lobbying

• Amicus curiae brief

• Legal action