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AP Gov Chapter 2 Key Terms

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US Gov and Politics
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Political terminology
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AP GOV Chapter 6 Notes (JR DREVELUS)

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Advocacy group
Lobbying
Public choice theory
Military-industrial complex
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Political faction
United States Congress
Social group
Lobbying in the United States
Politics of the United States

Interest Groups Past & Present- The Mischief?s of faction Factions: groups with common interests Factions are modern political parties Factions were discussed in federalist 10 (federalist ten= Madison=factions Federalist # 10 ?the latent causes of faction are in the nature of man? meaning unavoidable All individuals persue self interest, seek power, sometimes over others Madison?s definition of factions: citizens uniting by a common interest Cont. The constitution limits factions (separation of powers, ((divided government)) ) Constitution encourages completion instead of elimination Pluralism- theory that government holds that open, multiple, and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group Pluralism hasn?t always worked in practice

AP GOV Chapter 7 Notes (JR DREVELUS)

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Political parties in the United States
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Republican Party
Dealignment
Two-party system

Chapter 7 Notes Divided Government When one party has control of one or two houses of Congress and the other party has the Presidency Decentralization Party Identification When a person indentifies with a certain political party Honeymoon When a new president is elected, the media gives him a free pass for a while and will only attack him later Party Regular Support the party first before specific candidates Candidate Activists Support a candidate and find party as means to elect that candidate Issue Activists Support an issue and push for a party to also support that issue Soft/Hard Money Soft money (unlimited) ? Voter registration and voter turnout / can?t favor party Hard money (limited) ? party activites Party Reforms When a party changes its stance on issues

chapter 11 outline

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Campaign finance in the United States
Lobbying in the United States
Political action committee
Advocacy group
United States Congress
Politics of the United States
Civil solidarity pact
Campaign finance reform in the United States
Lobbying
Bias

Explaining proliferation: why interest groups are common in the United States Many kinds of cleavage in the country Constitution makes for many access points Public laws factor the non profit sector Political parties are weak The birth of interest groups Periods of rapid growth Since 1960, 70 percent have established an office in Washington, D.C. 1770s, independence groups 1830s and 1840s, religious, antislavery groups 1860s, craft unions 1880s and 1890s, business associations 1900s and 1910, most major lobbies of today Factors explaining the rise of interest groups Broad economic developments create new interests Farmers produce cash crops Mass production industries begin Government policy itself Created veterans' groups--wars Encouraged formation of Farm Bureau
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