POLITICAL SCIENCE: CHAPTER 9, INTEREST
GROUPS.
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Why might U.S. citizens choose to join interest groups rather than just exercising their
right to vote. - Answer: Interest groups offer further means of political participation.
In 1951, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that state laws promoting segregated public
schools were unconstitutional. This ruling, which is referred to as Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka (1951), was considered a landmark decision. Which of the
following interest groups most likely supported this ruling? - Answer: The National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
According to James Madison, the way the prevent any one group from having too much
power is to _____. - Answer: Increase the scope and number of groups.
The act of securing the participation of individuals in social movements is a form of
collective action, sometimes called ________. - Answer: Collective Claims
Which group started as a suffrage organization? - Answer: League of Women Voters
What is majoritarianism - Answer: The faint interests of the majority of people overruling
the intense feelings of the minority.
A society so overwhelmed with subsidies, benefits, regulations, protections, and special
treatments for various organized groups that everyone's standard of living is lowered is
suffering form _____. - Answer: Organizational Scierosis
__________, one of the oldest environmental interest groups in the United States, was
founded in 1892. - Answer: The Sierra Club
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, Which interest group is considered a business or economic group? - Answer: U.S.
Chamber of Commerce
Both John mccain and Barack Obama expressed strong support for hunters and
fishermen in interviews with Field & Stream magazine during the 2008 campaign. This
reflects the power of which interest group in American presidential elections? - Answer:
The National Riffle Association
Which of the following is an example of an ideological interest group? - Answer:
Americans for Constitutional Action
Which of the following would be considered a single-issue interest group? - Answer:
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Which presidential candidate achieved national celebrity status as an advocate of
consumer protection laws? - Answer: Ralph Nader
A public-interest group is one that _______. - Answer: Pursues issues that will benefit
groups of people
Individuals who do not join a group representing their interests yet benefit from the
groups influence are ____. - Answer: Free riders
A leader of the National Rifle Association (NRA) could not propose a policy position of
highly restricted gun control because ________. - Answer: The strength of single-issue
groups is the intensity of members' beliefs, which are shared by their leaders.
People who create organizations and build membership in those organizations are
_________. - Answer: Interest-group entrepreneaurs
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GROUPS.
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Why might U.S. citizens choose to join interest groups rather than just exercising their
right to vote. - Answer: Interest groups offer further means of political participation.
In 1951, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that state laws promoting segregated public
schools were unconstitutional. This ruling, which is referred to as Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka (1951), was considered a landmark decision. Which of the
following interest groups most likely supported this ruling? - Answer: The National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
According to James Madison, the way the prevent any one group from having too much
power is to _____. - Answer: Increase the scope and number of groups.
The act of securing the participation of individuals in social movements is a form of
collective action, sometimes called ________. - Answer: Collective Claims
Which group started as a suffrage organization? - Answer: League of Women Voters
What is majoritarianism - Answer: The faint interests of the majority of people overruling
the intense feelings of the minority.
A society so overwhelmed with subsidies, benefits, regulations, protections, and special
treatments for various organized groups that everyone's standard of living is lowered is
suffering form _____. - Answer: Organizational Scierosis
__________, one of the oldest environmental interest groups in the United States, was
founded in 1892. - Answer: The Sierra Club
1
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, Which interest group is considered a business or economic group? - Answer: U.S.
Chamber of Commerce
Both John mccain and Barack Obama expressed strong support for hunters and
fishermen in interviews with Field & Stream magazine during the 2008 campaign. This
reflects the power of which interest group in American presidential elections? - Answer:
The National Riffle Association
Which of the following is an example of an ideological interest group? - Answer:
Americans for Constitutional Action
Which of the following would be considered a single-issue interest group? - Answer:
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Which presidential candidate achieved national celebrity status as an advocate of
consumer protection laws? - Answer: Ralph Nader
A public-interest group is one that _______. - Answer: Pursues issues that will benefit
groups of people
Individuals who do not join a group representing their interests yet benefit from the
groups influence are ____. - Answer: Free riders
A leader of the National Rifle Association (NRA) could not propose a policy position of
highly restricted gun control because ________. - Answer: The strength of single-issue
groups is the intensity of members' beliefs, which are shared by their leaders.
People who create organizations and build membership in those organizations are
_________. - Answer: Interest-group entrepreneaurs
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