Chap.9 Sec 3 Interest Groups At Work

Front 1

Technique of persuasion aimed at creating a certain popular belief

Back 1

propaganda

Front 2

PAC (Political Action Committee) that concentrates on one issue

Back 2

single-interest group

Front 3

Activities by which group pressures are brought to bear on legislators

Back 3

lobbying

Front 4

of or from the common people

Back 4

grass roots

Front 5

interest group that tries to promote the common good, rather than the narrow interests of its members

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public-interest group

Front 6

As a technique, however, propaganda is neither __________; it is amoral.

Back 6

moral or immoral (good or bad)

Front 7

Interest groups try to influence the behavior of ________ political parties.

Back 7

both major

Front 8

_________ a) urge strict or lax enforcement of laws that bear on their interest group, b)advise legislators on the content and wording of laws, c)try to influence how the courts interpret laws after they are passed.

Back 8

Lobbyists

Front 9

___________ is the most significant long-term force in American politics.

Back 9

Public opinion

Front 10

Federal law requires that lobbyists to register with the _________ and the _________.

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clerk of the house, secretary of the Senate