INTERESTGROUPQUIZ
* Circle the T or the F to indicatetrue or false for eachstatement.
T F 1. Nearly seventhousandinterestgroupshaveofficesin Washington.
T F 2. Anotherterm for interestgroupsis lobbies.
T F 3. The UnitedStateshas fewer interestgroupsthan GreatBritain.
T F 4. Governmentpolicy itself canhelp createinterestgroups.
T F 5. socialmovements
can emergewithout any particularleadership.
T F 6. The more activitiesgovernmentundertakes,the more organizedgroupswill be
interestedin thoseactivities.
T F 7. An interest group is any organizationthat seeksto influencepublic policy.
T F 8. Interestgroupscan be dividedinto two major categories:institutionaland
membership.
T F 9. Interestgroupsoften offer differentkinds of incentivesto get peopleto join.
T F 10. No interestgroupsprincipallybenefitnon*members.
T F 11. The civil rights movementof the 1960sand the environmentalist
movementof
the 1970sare two examplesof socialmovements.
T F 1.2.Union membership
in the U.S. has beenrising gradually.
T F 13. Many observersbelievethat the interest groups activein Washingtonreflect an
bias.
upper*class
T F 14. Amonginterestgroup activitiesare spreadinginformation,trying to influence
politicalfigures,contributingmoneyto politicalcampaigns,
gainingpositionsin the
government,and stirring up the masses.
T F 15. Socialdisruptionas a lobbyingtactichasbeenfairly commonsincethe 1960s.
T F 16. Interestgroup$are almostentirelyunregulated
in the U.S.
T F 17. The right to lobby is protectedby the Constitution.
The 25 Most Effective InterestGroupsAccordingto Fortune
l. National Rifle Association (opposedto gun control)
2. AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons)
3. National Federationof IndependentBusiness
4. American Israel Public Affairs Committee
5. Association of Trial Lawyers of America
6. American Federationof Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations(the AFL-CIO,
a federation of many U.S. labor unions)
7. Chamberof Commerceof the United Statesof America (an associationof businesses)
8. National Beer WholesalersAssociation
9. National Association of Realtors
10. National Association of Manufacturers(NAM)
11. National Association of Home Builders of the United States
12. American Medical Association (the AMA-representing physicians)
13. American Hospital Association
14. National Education Association of the United States(the NEA-representing
teachers)
15. American Farm Bureau Federation
16. Motion Picture Association of America (representingmovie studios)
17. National Association of Broadcasters(representingTV and radio businessinterests)
18. National Right to Life Committee (opposedtolegalized abortion)
19. America's Health InsurancePlans (a group of more than 1,300 health insurers)
20. National RestaurantAssociation
21. National Governor's Association (the governorsof the states)
22. Recording Industry Association of America
23. American Bankers Association
24.PharmaceuticalResearchand Manufacturersof America
25. InternationalBrotherhood of Teamsters(a labor union)
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American Civil Liberties Union (the ACLU)
American Legion (a veteran's group)
The American Society for the Preventionof Cruelty to Animals (the ASPCA)
Amnesty InternationalUSA (promoteshuman.ights)
Handgun Confol, Inc. (favors gun control; founded by JamesBrady and family)
League of United tr atin American Citizens (LULAC)
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
NAILAL PTo-ChoiceAmerica (formerly the National Abortion and ReproductiveRights
Action League-favors legalized abortion)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (the NAACP)
National Audubon Society (an environmentalist group)
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Nbtional Organizatton for Women (NOW-a feminist group)
National Urtan League (a civil rights organization)
National Wildlife Federation (an environmentalist group)
The Nature Conservancy (an environmentalist group)
Sierra Club (an environmentalistgroup)
Veteransof Foreign Wars of the United States
World Wildlife Fund (an environmentalist group)