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Question 1

Interest Group

Answer 1

A collection of people or organizations that tries to influence public policy.
When you go out in society often the rules of a location can be controlled by a Interest Group.

Question 2

American Anti-Slavery Society

Answer 2

A major interest group, founded in 1833, to advocate for the abolition of the the institution of slavery throughout the United States.
People who support the black lives matter movement can be considered as a modern/younger version of the American Anti-Slavery Society.

Question 3

Womens Christian Temperance Union

Answer 3

A public interest group created in 1874 with the goal of outlawing the sale of liquor. Its activities include prayer groups, protest marches, lobbying, and the destruction of saloons.
A typical person of this group today would be conservative and not like Friday night parties.

Question 4

The Grange

Answer 4

Founded in 1867 as an educational organization for farmers. The Grange evolved into the first truly national interest group by working to protect the political and economic concerns of farming communities and rural areas.
When I visited my mothers side of the family in a small town in Illinois it was full of farmers and country people the number of corn fields out numbered the number of houses, this part of America would benefit from the Grange.

Question 5

Lobbyist

Answer 5

Interested group representatives who seeks to influence legislation that would benefit his or her organization or client through political and/or financial persuasion.
A lobbyist is like the greedy person at the dinner table that will sweet talk you for your biscuit.

Question 6

Progressive movement

Answer 6

A broad group of political and social activist from the 1980s to the 1920s who opposed corruption in government, supported regulation of monopolies, and sought improvement of socioeconomic conditions.
The hippies for sure got inspiration from this group because they want things to be peaceful with no corruption.

Question 7

Public Interest Group

Answer 7

An organization that seeks a collective good that if achieved will not selectively and materially benefit group members.
If I were to take part in this group I would have a better social standing in the community because I would be working for others and not myself.

Question 8

American Federation of Labor

Answer 8

Founded in 1886 the AFL brought skilled workers from several trades together into one stronger national organization for the first time. It merged in 1955 with the Congress of Industrial Organizations to form the AFL-CIO
This group is like when the teacher tells the class to get into groups and you and your friends are all good at the subject and you guys are stronger together and you finish fast.

Question 9

National Association of Manufactures

Answer 9

An organization founded in 1895 by manufactures to combat the growth of organized labor.
This group is like the bullies at school that want to regulate every thing and everyone in the school, often their negative energy will combat the growth of happy children.

Question 10

U.S Chamber of Commerce

Answer 10

A major pro-business lobbying group founded in 1912.

This group is like the people in the wolf on wall street that are concerned for their money and how much they can make.

Question 11

Trade Association

Answer 11

A group that represents a specific industry
A trade association is like that one friend that is only in one class and you do not talk to them out side of that specific class.

Question 12

Jerry Falwell

Answer 12

A Southern Baptist minister who, in 1978 founded the conservative religious interest group the Moral Majority.
This man is the type to want to have bible study every night, not bad but he is just very religious.

Question 13

Moral Majority

Answer 13

A Conservative religious interest group credited with helping to mobilize conservative Evangelical Christian voters from its founding in 1978 through the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
In this group they would want you to go to bible study during lunch and all they would talk about is trump and the lord.

Question 14

Pat Robertson

Answer 14

A Southern Baptist minister and television evangelist who ran for president in 1988 and in 1989 founded the conservation religious interest group the Christian Coalition.
This man is like the people that would pressure you to talk about your politics during the Sunday service.

Question 15

Christian Coalition

Answer 15

A religious interest group founded in 1989 to advance conservative Christian principles and traditional values in American politics.
The purge mask is based off of these people because they are the most vanilla people out there.

Question 16

National Rifle Association

Answer 16

The major gun-rights lobbying group in the United States, which opposes gun control and advances an expansive interpretation of the Second Amendment.
These people were most likely the same people to advocate for teachers to carry guns at school.

Question 17

AFL-CIO

Answer 17

A large labor union founded in 1955 by the merging of the American Federation of Labor AFL and its one-time rival the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
This group reminds me of the people that were brave enough during the industrial revolution to fight the tough people that want to work them to death.

Question 18

Social Capital

Answer 18

Cooperative relationships that facilitate the resolution of collective problems.
Social Capital is like the problem solvers or shrink that you visit to solve your problems.

Question 19

Civic Virtue

Answer 19

The tendency to form small-scale associations for the public good.
Civic Virtue reminds me of people who volunteer because they care about the condition of the people around them.

Question 20

Pluralist Theory

Answer 20

The theory that political power is distributed among a wide array of diverse and competing interest groups.
This theory is like mild form of socialism because its all about equality for everyone.

Question 21

Disturbance Theory

Answer 21

The theory that interest groups form as a result of changes in the political system.
If there were to be a huge change in how people were educated about politics then there would most likely be the emergence of a new political party.

Question 22

Transactions Theory

Answer 22

The theory that public policies are the result of narrowly defined exchanges or transactions among political actors.
This theory is like when only some people in a group project do the work so they make the rules and they do the work while everyone else follows.

Question 23

Collective Good

Answer 23

Something of value that cannot be withheld from a nonmember of a group, for example a tax write-off or a better environment.
The collective good is like entering into a gated community where you would think that everything is perfect and that there are lots of benefits.

Question 24

Economic Interest Group

Answer 24

A group with the primary purpose of promoting the financial interests of its members
This group would be your financial advisor that will help you and will look after your money for you.

Question 25

Political Action Committee

Answer 25

Recognized fund-raising organization that represents interest groups and is allowed by federal law to make contributions directly to candidates campaigns.
This is like when a parent will pay for extra things in their kids project so that it will stand out from the others.

Question 26

lobbying

Answer 26

The activities of a group or organization that seek to persuade political leaders to support the groups position.
This is similar to a child that will persuade their parent to get them to see a situation their way.

Question 27

Marian Wright Edelman

Answer 27

A lawyer in 1973 founded the childrens defense fund to protect the rights of children, particularly those who are members of disadvantaged groups.
My dad is similar to this man because being a social worker for kids with special needs, on a daily basis he has to make sure that kids all around riverside county are safe.

Question 28

Patron

Answer 28

A person who finances a group of individual activity.

I would enjoy having a patron to pay for my expenses and to support me.

Question 29

Free Rider Problem

Answer 29

Potential members who fail to join a group because they can get the benefit or collective good, sought by the group without contributing the effort.
When you work on a group project its important that everyone works, however with someone people they want to just do nothing and that is similar to the free rider problem.

Question 30

Lobbying Disclosure Act

Answer 30

A 1995 federal law that employed a strict definition of lobbyist and established strict reporting requirements on the activities of lobbyists.
Today with all of the fake news and the problem that face book is having they should have a system close to lobbying disclosure act.

Question 31

Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007

Answer 31

Lobbying reform banning gifts to members of Congress and their staffs, toughening disclosure requirements, and increasing time limits on moving from the federal government to the private sector.
When people start a huge chapter in their life like opening an important account or getting into a relationship they should have a disclosure part so that they know what they are getting into.