GOVT Ch.11

During the 1890s and 1930s, we saw a massive increase in the number of interest groups because of

Which of the following represent the things that most interest group organizational structures have in common?

What role do members play in staff organization interest groups?

Which of the following statements about interest groups is accurate?

Which of the following is an example of an outsider strategy?

What, primarily, brought about the formation of the New Politics movement, which spurred interest group growth?

Which of the following types of interest groups is most likely to be involved in protesting the expansion of oil pipelines in the United States?

Which of the following statements about PACs are accurate?

Match each examples of a specific interest group to the correct category of interest groups.

Which of the following statements accurately describe how lobbyists interact with Congress?

Online advocacy (netroots) organizations differ from traditional interest groups in that they have a more streamlined staff structure and less bureaucracy.

Many interest groups formed as a result of the New Politics movement. Choose all of the following issues that these groups focused on.

aarp v. moveon.org: aarp

aarp v. moveon.org: moveon.org

pac v. super pac: pac

pac v. super pac: super pac

Sort the following activities into whether they are more characteristic of interest groups or of political parties.

Which of the following represent actual restrictions or conditions imposed by the government on lobbying practices?

- are the most closely related type of interest group to citizen groups.

In which of the following ways does an issue network differ from an iron triangle?

Unlike the Sierra Club or the NRA, netroots organizations typically focus on -. One group in particular, -, was a pioneer of many of the online fundraising and membership practices of netroots organizations.

Lobbying refers to direct contact by an interest group with a member of Congress.

Interest groups may use - to leverage mass-circulation magazines, newspapers, and television to improve their standing in the community at large, whereas -occurs when a lobbying group urges its members to contact their elected representatives directly with letters, emails, or phone calls.

Traditional interest groups are more likely than netroots associations to rely on -. Smaller staffs and the use of virtual offices make netroots groups -expensive to operate than traditional ones.

Why does the notice and comment process matter to interest groups?