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Name three professional associations |
Ama (American Medical association), national educarion associassion, American Bar association. |
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What are the goals of elected officials? |
Name recognition, reeelection, good policy |
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According to responsible parties theory do cantina test self recruit to run for office? |
No |
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How many senators does it take to defeat a filibuster? |
60 |
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What is the halo effect? |
When respondents give socially acceptable answers to surveys |
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Compared to foreign interest groups American interest groups are |
More powerful |
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What did the Republican coalition consist of? |
Social conservatives, dixiecrats, economic conservatives |
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What are considered the gate keepers of legislation in congress? |
Committees |
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Who argued that presidency should be a bully pulpit? |
Theodore Roosevelt |
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Peta is a |
Single issue group |
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What is grass roots mobilization? |
When interest groups appeal to a congressional members voters in hopes that they will put pressure on a politician |
Example nra telling you to thank your senator for shooting down a policy on guns |
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Who created the spoils system |
Andrew Jackson |
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Who is the weakest interest group and why? |
Labor unions, because of outsourcing. |
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Who was the president when the great depression began? |
Hoover |
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Charisma is an example of what leadership |
Transformational |
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What type of interest group co tributes the most to political campaigns? |
Business and trade organizations |
Walmart, exxon |
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What did the 1800 presidential election set precedent for? |
Peaceful transfer of power between parties |
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What political party did George Washington belong to? |
Federalist |
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What type of primary system is used in West Virginia? |
Closed Primary |
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In the restraunt analogy, bureaucratic agencies were best described as |
Chefs/Waiters |
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What three people ran in the 1912 Election? |
Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft |
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T or F Low income people vote more than high income people |
F |
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Who is the most powerful person in the senate? |
The majority leader of the senate |
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Who is the most powerful person in congress? |
The speaker of the house |
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what is the free rider problem? |
a thorey that people will not join a group if the benifit of the group is already being provided |
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are the united states political parties weaker or stronger than other countries? |
Weaker |
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what did the 15th amendment do? |
gave black men the right to vote |
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What committe do both members from the house and the senate take part in? |
Conferance committee |
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What is the inefficancy of leadership problem? |
The theory that group do not neccessarily become more efficent as they grow larger |
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What was the first Jim Crow law that was passed and where was in passed? |
Georgia, Poll tax |
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The spoils system was eliminated after the assasination of? |
President Garfield |
an orange cartoon cat |
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Smith vs Allwright made what unconstitutional? |
White primaries |
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The republican party was born as a protest part to what? |
Slavery |
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What was the first step in making elections more democratic? |
eliminating property Qualifications |
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What groups made up the Democratic Coalition? |
Jews, Catholics, Farmers |
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How many members are there in congress? |
535 |
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For a bill the have the best chance in the house it would need a.... |
Restricted rule |
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Due to a lack of a rules commitee every bill in the senate essentially has an... |
Open rule |
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Who is the weakest actor in the Iron triangle? |
Buereaucratic Agencies |
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What did the 24th ammendment ban? |
poll taxes |
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over time how has participation become more democratic? |
Beginning National White Male 21 State all of above plus a landowner Now American Citizen Over 18 Can't be a felon |
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What is the spoils system? |
If you voted demo/ Repub they would give you a job acted as unemployment agencies |
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13, 14, 15th amendments |
slavery, citizens, vote |
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In what two ways do jim crow laws target voters? |
Registaring to vote and Voting |
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The civil rights act of 1964 got rid of jim crow laws targeting |
registration |
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The voting rights act targets what kind of jim crow laws |
actual voting laws |
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what shapes our political views? |
family, religion, race, gender, geography, age, education |
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Who votes |
old wealthy republicans white people more educated people |
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who doesnt vote? |
young poor democrats minoritys less educated |
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does responsible parties theory apply to us parties? |
no |
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