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Chapter 11: Interest Groups

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This activity contains 15 questions.

	A majority of the public believes that a few big interests run the government.    True  False

	Business Political Action Committees (PACs) have increased more dramatically than any other category of PAC.    True  False

	Due to the free rider problem and Olson's law of large groups, consumer groups have been largely ineffective.    True  False

	Hyperpluralists believe that government makes too many choices between competing interests.    True  False

	In recent years the number of political action committees have gone down as campaign costs have declined due to campaign finance reform.    True  False

	Large groups have an organizational advantage over small ones and are able to attract more members.    True  False

	Lobbying has been shown to often have a clear effect on changing the policy positions of many legislators.    True  False

	Much like their European counterparts, American interest groups often run candidates for public office.    True  False

	One way a large potential group may be mobilized is through an issue that people feel intensely about.    True  False

	Pluralists believe that interest groups weak in one resource can always use another.    True  False

	The actions of interest groups make it hard for politicians to ever reduce the scope of government.    True  False

	The American labor movement has been on the rise in recent years.    True  False

	The concerns of the environmentalists often come into direct conflict with energy goals.    True  False

	The most important rule about interest groups is that big interests with lots of money always win over small interests with little money.    True  False

	The practice of interest groups' appealing to the public is a very recent phenomenon, attributable to the growth of technology.    True  False

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