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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which action is an example of political lobbying?
The governor gives special advice to legislative members
A mayoral candidate holds a campaign rally for registered voters.
The local newspaper exposes corrupt practices in election campaigns.
A health group asks legislators to pass tougher pollution laws.
- 2. Multiple Choice
The media plays an important role in policy making because they -
focus public attention on important issues
are the only source that people trust
report only correct information
get all their information from the government.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Influencing a legislator to introduce a bill or vote for a bill is called -
filibustering
assessing
lobbying
proposing
- 4. Multiple Choice
One way for individuals to influence public policy is by -
volunteering
reading newspapers
voting
watching television
- 5. Multiple Choice
Citizens influence public policy in all of the following ways, EXCEPT -
writing legislation
writing letters to government officials
joining interest groups
participating in political campigns
- 6. Multiple Choice
This letter is an example of -
demonstrating
lobbying
policy making
campaigning
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why have only 27 amendments been added to the Constitution of the United States in more than 200 years?
The process of adding amendments is very complex
The courts strike down many amendments
National laws limit the numbers of amendments
Changes in society are too small to require amendments.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What role best describes Samuel Gompers?
suffragist
trustbuster
labor leader
muckraker
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following signs would Susan B. Anthony most likely carry?
A
B
C
D
- 10. Multiple Choice
Mother Jones is known for her efforts in ending -
deforestation and mining
corrupt politicians
Jim Crow laws
Child labor
- 11. Multiple Choice
WEB DuBois helped found the NAACP in order to work for -
voting rights for women
college sports
equal right for African Americans
protection for the environment
- 12. Multiple Choice
Janine Porter Barrett modeled her settlement house on the one founded by
Eleanor Roosevelt
Susan B. Anthony
Jane Addams
Mother Jones
- 13. Multiple Choice
Women gained the right to vote with the ratification
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
- 14. Multiple Choice
Upton Sinclair is most often associated with the
Child Labor Movement
Free Press Movement
Conservation Movement
Pure Food and Drug Movement
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which public policy goal brought these two men together?
busting trusts
making food safer
protecting and creating national parks
ending racial discrimination
- 16. Multiple Choice
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was a special interest group that worked for -
ending racial discrimination
women's right to vote
shorter work hours
ending child labor
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following did Susan B. Anthony do to try to influence public policy?
Lobbying state and national government
Help form and join an interest group
writing letters
All of the above.
- 18. Multiple Choice
John Muir founded the Sierra Club that works to conserve land and wildlife. The Sierra Club is an -
interest group
political party
charity
PAC
- 19. Multiple Choice
Groups of workers that organize for better working conditions are called -
suffragist
labor unions
political parties
lobbyists
- 20. Multiple Choice
Progressive Reformers had many different issues. What united all Progressive Reformers in the early 1900s?
They believed that the US was beyond repair
They believed that the government had a role in working to help people.
Working conditions was the most important reform of the day.
The Civil War
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