People who seek to control Gov't through winning elections Example = Democrats & Republicans
Political Party
Interest Group
Political Lobbying
Political Agenda
2. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Private organizers who share certain views & work to shape public policy Example = NRA or MADD
Interest Group
Mass Media
Political Party
Interest Factions
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Pressure legislators & public-policy-making; Seek to influence on an issue Think $$
Lobbying
Public Opinion Polls
Mass Media
Interest Groups
4. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
The use of ________, especially TV has really changed modern politics in the USA.
Mass Media
Literature
Fliers
Lobbying
5. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Public issues which the people’s attention is focused Current Example = Pres. Trump & Russia
Public Agenda
Random Samples
Public Opinion Polls
Mass Media
6. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
The use of Ping-Pong balls in the NBA Draft Lottery is a version of using a _______________.
Random Sample
Public Agenda
Lobbying
Public Opinion Poll
7. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
A new party is formed whose main concern is the environment. What kind of party would this be?
An ideological party
an economic protest party
a single-issue party
a splinter party
8. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
What is one way minor parties affect American politics?
they get voters to vote for major party candidates
they get the attention of newspapers, television, and radio
they win state and local elections
they influence the outcomes of elections
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The party out of power criticizes the policies and behaviors of the party in power. What is this called?
the governing function
the bonding agent function
the nominating function
the watchdog function
10. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Which has been a trend in the history of American voting rights?
higher and higher minimum voting age
higher and higher voter turnouts
less and less people granted suffrage
more and more people granted suffrage
11. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Which of the following terms means that people are gradually moving away from both parties?
realignment
dealignment
gerrymandering
reevaluation
12. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Over time, the ideas first developed by minor parties are often _______ by major parties.
attacked
absorbed
ignored
repressed
13. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Television and radio are regulated by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Department of Health & Human Services
Federal Communications Commission
Securities & Exchange Commission
14. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Which of the following is not a main type of interest group?
economic issues
equality concerns
consumer interests
litigation
15. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
goods that a group can restrict to those who are members
selective benefits
group benefits
actual benefits
free rider benefits
16. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
helping a sympathetic candidate to get into office
lobbying
electioneering
litigating
going public
17. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
"friend of the court"; legal brief submitted by interest groups to inform the court of their position on a case
litigation
amicus curiae brief
going public
class action suit
18. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
argues that interest group activities provide additional representation and compete against each to acheive political outcomes
elite theory
pluralist theory
Olson's Theory
hyperpluralist theory
19. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
The current "party era" in American politics is
one of divided government
dominated by the Republicans
dominated by the Democrats
in realignment
20. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
The official statement of a party's policy goals, released as party of the national party convention, is known as
grassroots organization
the party in the electorate
the party platform
the party pyramid
21. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Which of the following helped create the soft money loophole of campaign donations?
Buckley v. Valeo
Baker v. Carr
Citizens United v. FEC
U.S. v Nixon
22. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
America's earliest party system developed over political differences between
Hamilton and Washington
Jefferson and Hamilton
Madison and Hamilton
Madison and Monroe
23. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Which type of third (minor) party tends to be the most long-lived?
splinter
single issue
ideological
economic protest
24. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
When fewer voters support one of the two major parties and begin to think of themselves as "independent" voters, we have seen
realignment
dealignment
abstention
straight-ticket voting
25. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
A shift in party allegiances, such as Southerners leaving the Democratic Party and moving support to the Republican Party , is known as
realignment
dealignment
coattail effect
proportional representation
26. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The __________ problem occurs when people fail to join a groupbecause they can get the benefits the group offers without contributing to the group’s efforts.
pluralist
free-rider
group coordination
group formation
27. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
Which of the following is a consequence of the rise of television broadcasting?
Candidates are more capable of running for office on their own by appealing to people directly through TV.
Individuals have a greater need for political parties to help them make decisions.
Groups have greater access to spread their issues and messages to the public.
Congress has received more television coverage compared to the other two branches of government.
28. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Increasing public attention to specific problems is a core feature of the media’s __________ power.
gate-keeping
agenda-setting
investigative
watchdog
29. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Research suggests that the overriding bias in the news is one toward stories that __________.
are humanitarian
will draw the largest audience
put the president in a good light
favor liberals
30. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
An intentional news leak for the purpose of assessing the political reaction to that news is called a(n) __________.
press conference
trial balloon
talking head
media event
31. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
Party realignments are rare and cataclysmic events in American political history. According to your text, when did the last one occur?
1968
2000
1894
1860
32. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and other forms of communication are collectively referred to as the __________.
fourth branch of government
mass media
world of high-tech politics
World Wide Web
33. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
James Madison described how a government could be designed to control the effects of __________.
political parties
factions
monarchies
representative government
34. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
The Democratic and Republican candidates for president are formally nominated by the __________.