Question 1

Discuss the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Be sure to include the main components that developed from this act and how these changed under the Trump administration.

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Question 2

Examine why the American Medical Association (AMA) needed to apologize to Black physicians. When did this apology occur? What does this apology suggest about interest groups?

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Question 3

Discuss the purposes of civil rights interest groups, the degree to which they are successful in achieving their goals, and the advantages and disadvantages they face in the political system.

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Question 4

Compare and contrast the various types of noneconomic interest groups. Are there any major similarities among these groups?

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Question 5

Examine the use of lobbying by interest groups. Be sure to examine the various forms of lobbying and how these practices influence public policy.

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Question 6

Discuss the degree to which electioneering is likely to influence policy outcomes.

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Question 7

Discuss the Citizens United v. FEC (2010) ruling. How does this affect the influence of interest groups in political campaigns?

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Question 8

Discuss the factors that make an interest group more or less effective.

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Question 9

Why have highly disadvantaged interest groups (e.g., racial and ethnic minority groups) largely found it necessary to rely on litigation to advance their goals?

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Question 10

Discuss the factors that influence an interest group's decisions concerning the type of media campaign to launch. Provide examples.

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Question 11

One of the tenets of pluralism is that race and ethnicity as the basis of interest groups will fade away. Why have we not seen this occur for racial and ethnicity minority groups in the United States?

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Question 12

Pluralism suggests that groups lacking in particular resources can call on other resources to influence politics. To what degree is this accurate in the American political system? Do some groups find themselves advantaged over others?

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Question 13

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is an interest group that works to challenge negative stereotypes concerning Muslims and works to push for the interests of Muslim-Americans. Examine the reasons as to why this group has engaged in lawsuits against the federal government various policies and rhetoric relating to Muslim-Americans under the Trump administration.

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Question 14

Examine the reasons why business interest groups are often more numerous than and more powerful than labor interest groups. What are the implications of this imbalance?

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Quiz 13: Interest Groups