A.   affiliate

B.   cable

C.   network

D.   digital

A.   national

B.   network

C.   sports

D.   local

A.   owns many televisions and newspapers

B.   owns many businesses and media networks

C.   owns all television news stations in a states

D.   owns many radio stations

A.   reports on corruption in government

B.   covers presidential campaigns equally

C.   decides which issues deserve public attention

D.   brings in advertising revenue for the media corporation

A.   give fake news and sensationalize stories

B.   unite the colonists and provide information about the British

C.   attack colonial politicians

D.   print party propoganda

A.   print more editorials and opinion pieces to sell papers

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

C.   investigate problems in government and business

D.   investigate actions of celebrities

A.   Great Depression; charts and tables

B.   WWII; images and maps

C.   WWI; images and maps

D.   Vietnam Way; charts and tables

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

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

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

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

A.   television, radio, satellite, and cable

B.   television

C.   television and radio

D.   television, radio, and satellite

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

B.   minutes from a president's cabinet meeting

C.   budget for the Department of Labor

D.   medical records for government employees

A.   James Madison

B.   George Washington

C.   Alexander Hamilton

D.   John Adams

A.   Whig Party

B.   Dixiecrats

C.   Progressive Party

D.   Green Party

A.   first-past-the-post

B.   proportional representation

C.   majoritarian voting

D.   plurality voting

A.   changes in party strategies

B.   changes in key issues

C.   demographic shifts

D.   third parties

A.   national

B.   state

C.   precinct

D.   county

A.   a legislative liaison

B.   a volunteer lobbyist

C.   a contract lobbyist

D.   an in-house lobbyist

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

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 particularized benefits, while private goods are broadly distributed.

A.   solidary incentives

B.   negative  incentives

C.   purposive  incentives

D.   material  incentives

A.   joining a group to obtain a monetary benefit

B.   joining a group because you care about a cause

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

D.   joining a group to be with others like you

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

B.   three interest groups that have formed a coalition

C.   fluid participation among interests

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

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

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

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

D.   A fragmentation of interests has taken place.

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

B.   The Supreme Court has restricted spending in politics.

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

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

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

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

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

D.   Conservative interests favor PACs over super PACs.

A.   help lawmakers find work after they leave office

B.   restrict lobbyists from running for political office

C.   prevent lawmakers from utilizing their legislative relationship by becoming lobbyists immediately after leaving office and 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.   Lobbying is prohibited immediately after leaving office.

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

C.   Certain activities are prohibited.

D.   Contributions must be disclosed.

A.   1930s

B.   1990s

C.   1970s

D.   1900s