Civics test

Interest groups do all the following EXCEPT

• link the public to the political process

• nominate candidates for elective office

• try to shape specific policy goals

• play a part in political campaigns

interest groups often create political action commitees (PACS) to ...?

• contribute money to candidates and political parties

• get the support of the national and state courts

• create a new political party

• nomidate a candidate for political office

The federal election commision has __ commissioners

• 9

• 3

• 6

• 2

All of the following are appropiate lobbying strategies EXCEPT

• litigation

• threatening members of congress

• electioneering

• helping formulate campaign stratgy

This is considerd to be the most important resource interest groups and PACS can provide to candidates

• strategies

• volunteers

• money

• votes

labor unions and trade associations are examples of what type of intrest group?

• single home

• public

• economic

• excompartional

most PACS represent

• goverment groups

• buisness groups

• labor unions

• citizen groups

seperate entities formed by intrest groups whose specific goal is to raise and spend money to influence election outcomes known as

• caucuses

• electoral commitiees

• politial actiona commitees

• romditables

who can legally contribute to federal political action commitees

• u.s. citizens and all immagrants legal and illegal

• u.s citizens only

• u.s citizens who vote in federal elections only

• u.s citizens and legal immagrants only

which of the following supreme court decisisions drastically altered the political landscape by allowing corporate and union electial financing?

• D. Federal election commisions v. jones

• citizens united v federal elections commision

• mcconell v federal election commision

• federal election commission v. wisconsin right to life