ch.14 vocab

Question 1

interest group

Answer 1

a collection of people or organizations that tries to influence public policy

interests groups can be develeoped within my fathers company

Question 2

American Anti-Slavery Society

Answer 2

a major interest group, founded in 1833, to advocate for the abolition of the institution of slavery throughout the US
Our ancestorsnfought for the American Anti-Slavery Society

Question 3

Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

Answer 3

a public interest group created in 1874 with the goal of outlawing the sale of liquor. It’s activities included prayer groups, protest marches, lobbying, and the destruction of saloons
I wouldve liked to join the Womens Christian Temperance union to better my reputation

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
Mexican farmers are in need of The Grange

Question 5

lobbyist

Answer 5

interest group representative who seeks to influence legislation that will benefit his or her organization or client through political and/or financial persuasion
The lobbyist broke the law when he got rid of the political representative money.

Question 6

Progressive movement

Answer 6

a broad group of political and social activists from the 1890s to the 1920s who opposed corruption in government-supported regulation of monopolies and sought improvement of socioeconomic conditions
The progressive movement is the solution to a corrupted economy

Question 7

public interest group

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an organization that seeks a collective good that if achieved will not selectively and materially benefit group members
The public intetrst group was a scam towards its members.

Question 8

American Federation of Labor (AFL)

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
people were allowed to seek help through the AFL

Question 9

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)

Answer 9

an organization founded in 1895 by manufacturers to combat the growth of organized labor
The National Association of Manufacturers opposes all reform plans, including Bush’s.

Question 10

US Chamber of Commerce

Answer 10

a major pro-business lobbying group founded in 1912

The White House and the US Chamber of Commerce have said they oppose the measure.

Question 11

trade association

Answer 11

a group that represents a specific industry

The American Seed Trade Association wants that level set at 1 percent.

Question 12

Jerry Falwell

Answer 12

a southern Baptist minister who, in 1978, founded the conservative religious interest group the Moral Majority
The Rev . Jerry Falwell said the ruling was “ appalling .”

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 (1981-1989)
Richard Nixon was known for representing the “ moral majority .”

Question 14

pat robertson

Answer 14

a southern Baptist minister and television evangelist who ran for president in 1988 and in 1989 founded the conservative religious interest group the Christian Coalition
Pat Robertson might pay back the $ 8.5 million.

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 Christian Coalition and the insurgency of the religious right frightens me,

Question 16

National Rifle Association (NRA)

Answer 16

the major gun-rights lobbying group in the US, which opposes gun control and advances an expansive interpretation of the Second Amendment
the NRA should no longer be supporting trump.

Question 17

AFL-CIO

Answer 17

a large union founded in 1955 by the merging of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and its one-time rival the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
The AFL-CIO has emerged its union

Question 18

social capital

Answer 18

cooperative relationships that facilitate the resolution of collective problems
In general, though, the effects of high social capital are overwhelmingly positive.

Question 19

civic virtue

Answer 19

the tendency to form small-scale associations for the public good
It is difficult to find any special civic virtue in such distortion

Question 20

pluralist theory

Answer 20

the theory that political power is distributed among a wide array of diverse and competing interest groups
Lynch is most well known for his pluralist theory of truth

Question 21

distributive theory

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the theory that interest groups form as a result of changes in the political system
She was scammed by the distributive theory

Question 22

transactions theory

Answer 22

the theory that public policies are the result of narrowly defined exchanges or transactions among political actors
I tried to create my transaction throught the transactions theory

Question 23

collective good

Answer 23

something of value that cannot be withheld that cannot be withheld from a nonmember of a group, for example, a tax write-off of a better environment
The individual good will not be realized without the collective good.

Question 24

economic interest group

Answer 24

a group with the primary purpose of promoting the financial interests of its members
I was offered a promotion within my economic interest group

Question 25

political action committee (PAC)

Answer 25

officially recognized a fund-raising organization that represents interest groups and is allowed by federal law to make contributions directly to candidates’ campaigns
He told reporters his first political action committee formed earlier this month.

Question 26

Lobbying

Answer 26

the activities of a group or organization that seek to persuade political leaders to support the group’s decision
We will launch the largest single lobbying effort in our history.

Question 27

Marian Wright Edelman

Answer 27

a lawyer who in 1973 founded the Children’s Defense Fund to protect the rights of children, particularly those who are members of disadvantaged groups
Marian Wright Edelman was the president of the Children’s Defense Fund.

Question 28

patron

Answer 28

a person who finances a group or individual activity

The center’s patrons are predominantly Latino, Sharp said.

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
A common example of a free rider problem is defense spending

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
The 1946 Act was repealed by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.

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
-Garland wrote for the court in a decision upholding the constitutionality of lobbyist disclosure requirements under the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act.