2. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Click Once to Begin JEOPARDY! Interest Groups and Political Parties

3. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD JEOPARDY! 100 200 300 400 500 Interest Groups Terms Parties Terms Interest Groups Political Parties $,$,$Shuffle

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5. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The fund raising arm of an interest group that is legally entitled to raise funds on a voluntary basis from members, stockholders or employees.

6. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Activities aimed at influencing public officials.

7. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD A large body of people interested in a common issue, idea or concern and who look to change attitudes or institutions, not just policies.

8. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Arguments presented to the courts by an interest group, individual or organization stating their opinion regarding a case pending before the Supreme Court.

9. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD An individual who does not join a group representing his or her interests yet receives the benefit of the group’s influence.

10. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Government where one party holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses.

11. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.

12. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Period at the beginning of a new president’s term during which the president enjoys generally positive relations with the press and Congress.

13. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD A political party that rises and falls with a charismatic candidate.

14. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD An election during periods of expanded suffrage and change in the economy and society that proves to be a turning point.

15. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD What federalist paper predicted the emergence of interest groups or “factions”

16. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Compare and contrast an open shop versus a closed shop. Daily Double!!!

17. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Identify three types of labor unions. Daily Double!!!

18. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Identify three characteristics of interest groups that influence their power.

19. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Identify three techniques used by interest groups to influence public policy.

20. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD List two advantages and disadvantages of having many parties in a country.

21. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD What are two functions or roles performed by political parties?

22. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD What are three reasons for the two-party system in the United States? Daily Double!!!

23. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD What are three types of minor parties?

24. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD What are two criticisms of political parties today?

25. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Unlimited amounts of money that political parties previously could raise for party-building purposes.

26. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The unlimited amounts of money that individuals, groups or parties can spend in campaigns for or against candidates as long as they operate separately from the candidates.

27. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD A tactic in which PACs collect contributions from like minded individuals and present them to a candidate or political party thus increasing the PAC’s influence.

28. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD A political nonprofit group under an IRS code that may accept and spend unlimited amounts of money on election activities with certain restrictions

29. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD What two laws regarding money in elections currently impacts how financing takes place in elections? Daily Double!!!

30. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Most Americans belong to what type of interest group?

31. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD What is the role performed by both political parties and interest groups in the U.S. political system?

32. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD What are two differences between interest groups and political parties?

33. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The ancestor to today’s Republican and Democratic Party was whom?

34. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Compare and contrast the elitist, pluralist and hyperpluralist theory of Interest Groups.