A.   network

B.   affiliate

C.   cable

D.   digital

A.   local

B.   network

C.   sports

D.   national

A.   owns many televisions and newspapers

B.   owns all television news stations in a states

C.   owns many radio stations

D.   owns many businesses and media networks

A.   covers presidential campaigns equally

B.   decides which issues deserve public attention

C.   reports on corruption in government

D.   brings in advertising revenue for the media corporation

A.   attack colonial politicians

B.   give fake news and sensationalize stories

C.   unite the colonists and provide information about the British

D.   print party propoganda

A.   investigate actions of celebrities

B.   print sensational news on the front page to sell newspapers

C.   print more editorials and opinion pieces to sell papers

D.   investigate problems in government and business

A.   Great Depression; charts and tables

B.   Vietnam Way; charts and tables

C.   WWII; images and maps

D.   WWI; images and maps

A.   A television reporter delivers a story about increased drug use at a local college.

B.   A reporter writes that local college students are drug dealers but has no sources.

C.   A reporter uses a source that incorrectly states a celebrity is using drugs.

D.   A columnist writes his opinion about whether an actor is hiding a drug problem.

A.   television

B.   television, radio, and satellite

C.   television and radio

D.   television, radio, satellite, and cable

A.   transcript of meetings between Department of State negotiators and Russian trade negotiators

B.   medical records for government employees

C.   minutes from a president's cabinet meeting

D.   budget for the Department of Labor

A.   John Adams

B.   James Madison

C.   George Washington

D.   Alexander Hamilton

A.   Progressive Party

B.   Dixiecrats

C.   Whig Party

D.   Green Party

A.   majoritarian voting

B.   plurality voting

C.   proportional representation

D.   first-past-the-post

A.   changes in key issues

B.   changes in party strategies

C.   third parties

D.   demographic shifts

A.   precinct

B.   state

C.   county

D.   national

A.   a contract lobbyist

B.   a legislative liaison

C.   an in-house lobbyist

D.   a volunteer lobbyist

A.   Collective goods offer particularized benefits, while private goods are broadly distributed.

B.   Collective goods and private goods both offer particularized benefits.

C.   Collective goods and private goods both offer broadly distributed benefits.

D.   Collective goods offer broadly distributed benefits, while private goods offer particularized benefits.

A.   purposive  incentives

B.   solidary incentives

C.   material  incentives

D.   negative  incentives

A.   joining a group because you care about a cause

B.   joining a group to be with others like you

C.   joining a group to obtain a monetary benefit

D.   joining a group because it is a requirement of your job

A.   a symbiotic relationship among Congressional committees, executive agencies, and interest grouped

B.   a great deal of competition for access to decision-makers

C.   three interest groups that have formed a coalition

D.   fluid participation among interests

A.   There is more professional lobbying and a fragmentation of interests has taken place.

B.   There is more professional lobbying, many interests lobby both the national government and the states and a fragmentation of interests has taken place.

C.   Many interests lobby both the national government and the states.

D.   A fragmentation of interests has taken place.

A.   The Supreme Court has restricted spending in politics.

B.   The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend unlimited amounts of money but unions may not.

C.   The Supreme Court has yet to address the issue of money in politics.

D.   The Supreme Court has opposed restrictions on spending in politics.

A.   Contributions to PACs are unlimited, but restrictions have been placed on how much money can be contributed to super PACs.

B.   Super Pacs are much more likely to support incumbent candidates than are PACs.

C.   Conservative interests favor PACs over super PACs.

D.   PACs can contribute directly to candidates, but super PACs cannot.

A.   prevent lawmakers from utilizing their legislative relationship by becoming lobbyists immediately after leaving office and restrict lobbyists from running for political office

B.   help lawmakers find work after they leave office

C.   restrict lobbyists from running for political office

D.   prevent lawmakers from utilizing their legislative relationship by becoming, lobbyists immediately after leaving office, help lawmakers find work after they leave office and restrict lobbyists from running for political office

A.   Contributions must be disclosed.

B.   Lobbying is prohibited immediately after leaving office.

C.   Certain activities are prohibited, contributions must be disclosed and lobbying is prohibited immediately after leaving office.

D.   Certain activities are prohibited.

A.   1930s

B.   1970s

C.   1990s

D.   1900s