Vocabulary
Big Concepts
Examples of Interest Groups
Ways to Lobby
100
An organization that seeks to influence public policy
What is an interest group
100
In this document James Madison describes how a government could be designed to control the effects of factions
What is Federalist No. 10
100
The Chamber of Commerce is an example of this type of interest group
What is an economic interest group
100
Appearing at administrative hearings to offer information is how lobbyists lobby to this branch
What is the executive branch
200
Communicating with government officials to persuade them to support a particular policy
What is lobbying
200
Unions represent a group of employees in negotiations with management
What is collective bargaining
200
The National Organization for women is an example of this type of interest group
What is an equality interest group
200
This is the main type of organization that lobbies on behalf of works
What is a labor union
300
An organization that solicits campaign contributions and distributes them to political candidates
What is a political action committee
300
A worker's freedom to decline the opportunity to join a union
What is right-to-work laws
300
A consumer rights group is an example of this type of interest group
What is a public interest group
300
By bringing lawsuits to the courts on behalf of classes of citizens is how lobbyists lobby this group
What is the court
400
a form of sub government, composed of leaders of interest groups, government agencies, and legislative committees
What is an iron triangle
400
Benefitting from the work of interest groups without being a member of that group
What is the free-rider problem
400
This type of interest group would enjoy the most cohesion
What is a single-issue interest group
400
When lobbyists focus more on pending legislation they are most likely lobbying this establishment?
What is Congress?
500
A written argument submitted to a courting support of one side of a case
What is an amicus curiae brief
500
Competition among open, responsive, and diverse groups helps preserve democratic values
What is pluralism
500
The National Associations for Manufacturers is an example of this
What is a trade association
500
Lobbyists provide technical assistance on policy issues to this group in order to influence their members
What is Congress
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