Ch. 14 Review

WARM-UP: a group with a primary goal of influencing public policy

 

 

• None of the above

• Lobbyist

• Political groups

• Interest groups

WARM-UP: slang term for politics at the organizational level

• Grassroots

• Lobbying

• Iron Triangle

• None of the above

WARM-UP: the practice of influencing someone, particularly government officials, to support one’s position

• None of the above

• Manipulation

• Lobbying

• Political Machines

14.3: Congress attempt to curb lobbying as part of a post-war legislative reorganization

• None of the above

• Federal Lobbying Act 1958

• Anti-Lobbying Act of 1947

• Lobby Control Act of 1946

14.3: What specific freedom protects lobbyists under the 1^st amendment?

• Freedom of petition

• Freedom of Speech

• Freedom of Assembly

• All of the above

14.5: How can a lobbyist “lobby” a judge?

• You can't

• Stalking them

• Filing lawsuits

• None of the above

14.5: Even if a group is not a direct litigant, they can attempt to affect a pending case outcome by filing as amicus curiae

• True

• False

14.6: Who would be a great lobbyist?

• Business Owners

• Political Science Graduate

• Police Officer

• A former member of Congress

14.6: when an agency becomes too beholden to (or even controlled by) interest group clienteles

• Lobbying

• Capture

• Grassroots

• None of the above