An interest group filing an amicus curiae brief is an example of __________
a. grassroots lobbying.
b. how interest groups influence elections
c. lobbying an executive branch agency
d. lobbying the judicial branch
d
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If the Federal Reserve wanted to increase lending by banks, what could it do to reserve requirements?
a. Lower the discount rate on bank reserve requirements. b. Lower the rate of taxation on bank reserve requirements. c. Lower the reserve requirements for banks. d. Increase the discount rate on bank reserve requirements.
Which of the following is a media effect in which a journalist condenses information in a story in order to simplify the issue for the audience?
a. priming b. framing c. selective exposure d. agenda setting e. minimal effect
One benefit of the federal system is the ability of the states to operate as __________ of democracy, experimenting with new solutions to social and economic problems
a. classrooms b. churches c. cradles d. laboratories
Throughout most of the United States' involvement in Vietnam, U.S. policymakers
a. believed that the USSR aided North Vietnamese aggression against the South. b. believed that the USSR was aiding in secret efforts to end the Vietnam War. c. felt that U.S. involvement was necessary because vast profits could be made there. d. sought to deploy strategic missiles there.