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Goverment chapter #6
Chapter 6
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
07/22/2010

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The American Farm Bureau is the largest influential group.
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The main purpose of enonomic enterest groups is to influenece government policy.
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The largest unions in the AFl_CIO consists of workers in the manufacturing and crafts.
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The main purpose of enonomic enterest groups is to influenece government policy.
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Name an evironmental group.
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Sirra Club
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Name a consumer grop.
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Consumer Federation of American.
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Name a major civil right grops represting blacks.
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NAACP
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Nmae a cibil rights grop represing the rights of women.
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NOW
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Name a group represting the rights of gays and lesbians
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ActUP or Queer Nation
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Name the largest influetial agricultrical group.
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American Farm Bureau Federation.
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Move on.org is an ideological group supporting liberal causes.
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An anti-obortion group is a operation rescue.
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A pro-abortion group is the Abortion Rights Action Leaque.
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A group favoring gun control have been more powerful in recent years.
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Single issuses interest groups have become more powerful in years.
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The nations's most powerful interest group is the AARP.
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Name am example of a public interest group.
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Public citizen
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Name a single-issue group favoring gun control.
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Handgun Control,Inc
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Nmae a major group represrtinc the ederly.
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AARP
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Name the major interest group represting famers.
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Farme Bureau Federalation
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1most governmnet lobbying involves excutive branch agenices lobbying Congress legslatation and appropriations
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The greatest single influence on congress is enonomic interest gruops.
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Why do sate and local government lobbythe federal goverment.
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Fininical aid
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Which brqanch of teh fereral government lobbies Congress?
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Executive
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Nmae the civil rights group represing women.
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National Oranganzation of women NOW
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Nmae the major civil rights group for representing blacks.
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Naacp
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Name an envirornmtal interest group.
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Sierra Club
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Lobbyists who reeprest foriegn nations before the U S government are called "foreign agents"
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Public Citizen is an example of public interest group.
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Potitical interest gruops seek to influence goverment policy.
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Bussiness groups are thre most nonerous and ifluence type of enomic group.
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AIPAC lobbies for american support of Isarel
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List the fout techniques used by interest groups to accomplish thier potical objectives.
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Lobbying, camplaign activities,public relations and ligation
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What is the largerst gand most influential bussnies group.
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Chamber of Commerence
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What is the largest and most influentical labor union.
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AflCIO
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Name a group represting the pro-abrtion rights leaque.
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Abortion rights action leaque
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Nmae a group representing the anti-abortion view
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Operation rescue
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Lobbying is when the representive of an interest group interacts with decision makers for the purpose of influenecing public policy
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Lobbying involves giving campain contributions to politicans
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The largest proffesional group representing teachers is the National Teachers union.
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Union mebersship has been increasing in the U s since 1975
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The fastest growing category of union membership is government employees.
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What is the maiost important function lobbysits for memberd of Congress?
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information
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What is the maiost important function lobbysits for memberd of Congress?
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information
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Who exercies the greatest single greatest influence on Congress?
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The presidential lobby
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Name the single most influenceful caterogy of interest groups
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AARP
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Name the single most influentinal category of interest groups Which of the groups in that category is most influential.
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enonomic bussiness
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What is the amin purpose of "social Lobbying"?
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to establish good relations and access to pubic office
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What are the main interest group reperesting gays?
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Act_UP Queer Nation
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What is the most influential agricultrual interest group?
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American Farm bureau
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