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Click Once to BeginJEOPARDY!Interest Groups
and Political Parties
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JEOPARDY!
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Interest Groups
Terms
Parties
Terms
Interest
Groups
Political
Parties$,$,$ Shuffle
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The fund raising arm of an interest group that is legally entitled to raise funds on a
voluntary basis from members, stockholders or employees.
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Activities aimed at influencing public officials.
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A large body of people interested in a common issue, idea or
concern and who look to change attitudes or institutions, not just
policies.
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Arguments presented to the courts by an interest group,
individual or organization stating their opinion regarding a case pending before the Supreme
Court.
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An individual who does not join a group representing his or her
interests yet receives the benefit of the group’s influence.
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Government where one party holds the presidency and the
other controls one or both houses.
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A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or
candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
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Period at the beginning of a new president’s term during which the
president enjoys generally positive relations with the press
and Congress.
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A political party that rises and falls with a charismatic candidate.
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An election during periods of expanded suffrage and change in
the economy and society that proves to be a turning point.
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What federalist paper predicted the emergence of interest groups
or “factions”
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Compare and contrast an open shop versus a closed shop.
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Identify three types of labor unions.
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Identify three characteristics of interest groups that influence
their power.
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Identify three techniques used by interest groups to influence public
policy.
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List two advantages and disadvantages of having many
parties in a country.
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What are two functions or roles performed by political parties?
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What are three reasons for the two-party system in the United
States?
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What are three types of minor parties?
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What are two criticisms of political parties today?
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Unlimited amounts of money that political parties previously could raise for party-building purposes.
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The unlimited amounts of money that individuals, groups or parties
can spend in campaigns for or against candidates as long as
they operate separately from the candidates.
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A tactic in which PACs collect contributions from like minded
individuals and present them to a candidate or political party thus increasing the PAC’s influence.
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A political nonprofit group under an IRS code that may accept and
spend unlimited amounts of money on election activities with
certain restrictions
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What two laws regarding money in elections currently impacts how financing takes place in
elections?
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Most Americans belong to what type of
interest group?
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What is the role performed by both political parties and interest groups in the U.S.
political system?
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What are two differences between interest groups
and political parties?
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The ancestor to today’s Republican and
Democratic Party was whom?
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Compare and contrast the elitist, pluralist and
hyperpluralist theory of Interest Groups.