An organization of people with shared goals that tries to influence public policy through a variety of activities is called
a. a religious denomination.
b. an interest group.
c. a political action committee.
d. a government.
e. a corporation.
ANS: B
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a. eminent domain. b. privatization of public schools. c. bankruptcy. d. social welfare programs.
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a. statistics b. identity politics c. nativism d. procedural guarantees e. individualism
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A) ?the degradation of workers' rights. B) ?the federal government's efforts to desegregate the United States. C)? racism in the "Old South." D)? the influx of illegal immigrants along the Rio Grande.
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A) two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate. B) a national convention. C) a majority vote in both the House and the Senate. D) a judicial decree. E) a presidential order.