American Government Quiz 4

The 1944 Supreme Court case Smith vs. Allwright established:

"White primaries" were unconstitutional.

Astroturf lobbying refers to:

A form of indirect lobbying that manipulates public sentiment.

E.E. Schattschneider argued that:

A pluralist view of interest groups is flawed because the upper class is overrepresented.

In general, interest groups cannot achieve success without:

A sound financial structure

Roberto Michels' "Iron Law of Oligarchy" argues that: -"Who says organization says Oligarchy." -In any organization a clique will form and rise to control. -Private associations are internally undemocratic. -All of the above.

All of the above

Which of the following do voters use as cues to overcome the challenges associated with choosing whom to vote for: -Party identification -Incumbency -Issues -All of the above

All of the above

Grassroots lobbying generally consists of: -Letters, phone calls, and emails -Protests -Rallies -All of the above.

All of the above.

Individuals derive which of the following benefits from interest group affiliation: -Material benefit -Personal satisfaction -Potential employment -All of the above

All the above

The Republican Party's current regional bases include: -The South -The Upper Midwest -The Great Plains -All of the above

All the above

Friedman and Main (2015) found that charitable organizations:

Do not publish minutes of their meetings on their websites.

Robert Michels' "Iron Law of Oligarchy" argues that nonprofit organizations operate mostly in democratic ways.

False

The difference between Federalists and Anti-Federalists was:

Federalists favored national over local or state power, whereas Anti-Federalists favored local and state power over national power.

Public interest lawyer Ralph Nader has been primarily successful using which tactic on behalf of public interest groups:

Filing lawsuits

Alexis de Tocqueville was impressed by the tendency of Americans to:

Form Associations

Barry Friedman's case study of the American Red Cross indicates that leaders of nonprofit organizations:

Generally do not treat volunteers very well.

Single member districts make it ____________ for third parties to survive in government.

Harder

The BCRA:

Limits how political ads can use candidate names and faces.

interest groups "go public" because:

Members of Congress frequently listen to public opinion

A realignment refers to:

New events and new generations altering the composition of and competition between Political Parties.

Washington D.C. Interest Groups are predominantly located on:

On K Street.

The key factor that separates interest from interest groups is:

Organization

All of the following are components of the "three-part structure" of political parties EXCEPT:

Party in Law

Which of the following is NOT the role of a political party?

Paying candidates in exchange for political favors.

The framers combatted the ills of factions by:

Permitting the proliferation of a variety of factions

Corporations and unions formed ________ in response to the Federal Election Campaign Act for the purpose of raising money to donate to political campaigns.

Political Action Committees

The iron triangle consists of all of the following except:

Political Parties

How are political parties different from interest groups?

Political parties seek to run government.

In the early 1850s, the ____________ Party emerged from the anti-slavery elements in both the Democratic and Whig parties.

Republican

All of the following are TRUE regarding the Citizens United case EXCEPT:

SCOTUS struck down BCRA restrictions on usage of corporate money, finding that said restrictions violated the Fifth Amendment

Interest groups overcome the free rider problem by providing:

Selective Incentives

Which of the following provided African Americans with the right to vote?

The 15th Amendment

Which of the following could be considered a realignment? -The 2008 election of Barack Obama. -The 2000 election of George W. Bush. -The 1948 election of Harry S. Truman. -The 1932 election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The 1932 election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Which of the following provided women with the right to vote?

The 19th Amendment

The Democratic Party's current regional bases include:

The Northeast

The inability of interest groups to restrict collective benefits only to those who participate is known as:

The free rider problem

All of the following are true about interest groups except:

They are interested in all or most policies.

In a 2020 study, corporate interests spent approximately 7 times as much money on lobbying as compared to other business interests.

True

James Madison considered factions to be a threat to the republic, while Alexis de Tocqueville considered factions to benefit the republic.

True

Professional lobbying firms employee former Members of Congress, former Congressional staffers, and former executive branch staffers in order to provide knowledge and connections to interest groups.

True

All of the following are TRUE regarding political party realignments EXCEPT:

the Democrats recaptured lost political power in 1896 by embracing industrialization