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Public Opinion
Interest Groups
Raising Money
Types of Taxes
Misc.
100
forms of communication that transmit information to large numbers of people, which include books, magazines, and newspapers.
What is mass media?
100
organizations of people with a common interest that try to influence government policies and decisions.
What is an interest group?
100
The payment made for the use of borrowed money.
What is interest?
100
taxes on earnings ($ you earn )
What is income tax?
100
Democrats and Republicans are apart of what system we have
What is a two-party system?
200
the total of the opinions held concerning a particular issue. This term refers to many opinions.
What is public opinion?
200
An interest group is also known as a pressure group or this
What is a lobby?
200
All these governments raise most of the money to pay for services and programs by collecting taxes
What is federal, state, and local governments?
200
A tax that takes a larger percentage of income from higher-income groups that from lower-income groups
What is progressive tax?
200
Nonviolent crimes
What are white-collar crimes?
300
Ideas that are spread to influence people to buy, believe in something, or to act in a certain way.
What is propaganda?
300
A person who is paid by the lobby or interest group to represent that group's interests
What is a lobbyist?
300
The government spends a large amount of money on this
What is National Defense?
300
the income a business has left after paying its expenses
What is a profit?
300
The 7th president of the United States
Who is Andrew Jackson?
400
Testimonials, Bandwagoning, Name Calling, Glittering Generalities, Plain-Folks Appeal, and Card Stacking are all examples of what?
What are Propaganda Techniques?
400
Business associations, labor unions, farm organizations, veterans' organizations, teachers' associations, and consumer groups are
What are interest groups?
400
The primary purpose of taxes is to raise this
What is revenue?
400
This type of tax is deducted from ones income to help pay for retired people and people with disabilities.
What is social security tax?
400
Federal funds given to state and local governments for specific projects, such as airport construction or pollution control
What is grants-in-aid?
500
Are used to find out what people think about specific issues and about politicians and their policies.
What is a poll?
500
These groups promote the interests of the general public rather than just one part f it.
What is a public interest group?
500
Three alternate ways to pay the government
What are fees, fines, and bonds?
500
The federal government collects mostly this type of tax
What is personal income tax?
500
Funds given by the deferral government to state and local governments
What are block grants?