_______ is a communication by someone other than a citizen acting on his or her own behalf, directed to a government decision maker, particularly in the legislative and executive branch, with the hope of influencing his or her decision.
A) Electioneering
B) An amicus curiae brief
C) Lobbying
D) Litigation
E) Campaigning
Ans: C) Lobbying
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a. the expansion of voting rights to African American men b. the elimination of the spoils system c. a series of poor harvests and agricultural distribution problems d. the growing incidence of price fixing and other unfair business practices
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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