Question 1

From the Pro and Con section, what is soft money?

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A)   Regulated campaign funds
B)   Laundered money in politics
C)   Unregulated campaign funds
D)   There is no such thing as soft money

Question 2

Discuss some of the reasons why American labor is not as well organized as labor in other advanced industrial countries.

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There are several reasons why American l...

Question 3

Was President Trump's claim that the tax reform bill's striking down of the "individual mandate" had "effectively" repealed Obamacare, in fact, true? Why or why not?

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President Trump's claim that the tax ref...

Question 4

From the Let's Compare section, is the labor movement on the march globally?

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A)   Yes. With a few exceptions (e.g. the United States) , labor unions have been expanding across industrialized countries in the last few decades
B)   No. Labor unions have been shrinking across all industrialized countries in the last few decades
C)   No. Labor unions have been shrinking across most industrialized countries in the last few decades
D)   None of the above

Question 5

Have the Founders' concerns about factions been borne out in current American national politics?

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Madison believed that the number of interests would be so great that the competition between them would prevent anyone from controlling the others. In turn, he proposed institutional and structural mechanisms: representatives filtering the views of their constituency and an extended republic to control the effects of factions, which place self-interests before the common good. 
As Theodore Lowi maintains, this pluralistic notion has largely been replaced by a special interest state whereby certain economic and social interests have greater influence in the development and implementation of economic and social policies than other organizations. Consequently, it is plausible that the Framers expected a natural aristocracy to lead and therefore elite interests would be expected to dominate policy decisions and would be disproportionately represented in government.

Question 6

What role did labor play in the second stage of interest group development here in the United States?

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Labor played a significant role in the s...

Question 7

How do interest groups try to influence public policy?

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Interest groups rely on the size of thei...

Question 8

Do all interest groups form and operate on an equal basis in the American system?

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A)   Yes. If any group in society finds their interests adversely effected by social change and/or economic development, then they can easily organize to protect and advance their interests.
B)   No. Some groups (e.g. businesses, corporations, and professionals)  are better able to organize and fight for their interests than others (e.g. the poor, the disabled, children, and the mentally challenged) .

Question 9

What role did interest groups play in the debate over healthcare reform?

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Interest group activism during the recen...

Question 10

Which of these statements most accurately reports the composition of the interest group system?

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A)   25 percent of the group system reflects occupational interests, while 75 percent is comprised of citizen or membership groups
B)   75 percent of the group system reflects occupational interests, while 25 percent is comprised of citizen or membership groups
C)   50 percent of the group system reflects occupational interests and 50 percent is comprised of citizen or membership groups
D)   None of the above is remotely accurate B

Question 11

To have full effect to influence the direction of public policymaking, an interest group must meet at least which of the following conditions?

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A)   broad coverage of the population of those affected by its interests
B)   cohesion among the group's members regarding policy recommendations
C)   significant financial resources forthcoming from the group membership
D)   all of the above

Question 12

Which one of the following statements is true regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act in 2012?

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A)   The Supreme Court declared the act unconstitutional, thereby preventing the states from expanding their Medicaid programs.
B)   The Supreme Court declared the act constitutional and thus required the states to expand their Medicaid programs.
C)   The Supreme Court declared the act unconstitutional, thereby freeing the states to expand their Medicaid programs.
D)   The Supreme Court declared the act constitutional, but also allowed the states to be free from participating in expansion of their Medicaid programs.

Question 13

In their efforts to "repeal and replace" Obamacare, the congressional Republican alternatives focused on _______and ___.

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A)   removing the "individual mandate" to buy health insurance
B)   including the "contraceptive mandate" for all business health plans
C)   funding supplemental assistance Medicare programs
D)   limiting and repackaging Medicaid grants to the states

Question 14

Which of the following is a strategy interest groups pursue when inside lobbying does not work?

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A)   Outside lobbying
B)   Litigation
C)   Both of the above
D)   None of the above

Question 15

In 2019, interest groups spent a record _______on lobbying.

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A)   $3.5 hundred thousand
B)   $3.5 million
C)   $3.5 billion
D)   $3.5 trillion

Question 16

Interest groups are unable to influence candidate selection within political parties.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Peak Associations represent which of the following?

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A)   Lawyers
B)   School Teachers
C)   The Business Community
D)   Laborers

Question 18

What were two reasons for the expansion of interest groups just prior to and in the decades following the Civil War?

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A)   Ruralization and agriculturalization
B)   Societalization and culturalization
C)   Urbanization and industrialization
D)   All of the above

Question 19

An organization based on common interests and with the intent to influence government is an interest group.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Technological developments aside, what other major factor contributed to the expansion of the interest group system during the twentieth century?

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A)   The ever increasing size and scope of government
B)   The ever decreasing size and scope of government
C)   The ebb and flow as to the relative size and scope of government
D)   None of the above A

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Was President Trump's claim that the tax reform bill's striking down of the "individual mandate" had "effectively" repealed Obamacare, in fact, true? Why or why not?

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