Q1. What does the First Amendment say about interest groups and why is it important in democracy?
Q2. Define Interest groups
Q3. Free rider problem - how can people enjoy gains made by the group without joining it?
Q4. Material incentives for interest groups- give two examples
Q5. Business interest groups - list three examples
Q6. Who is the current president of the Sierra Club, what are its current number of members, and who founded it?
Q7. League of Women Voters - who is the current president and what does this group do?
Q8. How does size, leadership, cohesiveness make interest groups powerful?
Q9. Define a political party and explain their functions.
Q10. Polarization - sticking to strict party line voting - why?
Q11. Two party system - electoral college locks this in - how?
Q12. Explain the differences between the Federalists and the Democrats in the 1790s
Q13. Explain the differences between the Whig Party and the Republican Party in the mid 1800s
Q14. How did the election of 1896 show the danger of public voting and set party goals for the future?
Q15. Explain how third parties played a role in 1912, 2000, and 2016.
Q16. How can third parties be valuable?
Q17. Contrast straight vs. split ticket voting
Q18. How did 1948 change the Democratic Party?
Q19. What is the danger in making war through private contracts?
Q20. How is there an inherent conflict between the Congress and the president in their war making authority?
Q21. How does US military spending compare to the next 6 nations combined?
Q22. Explain what was Brown vs. Board of Education in Topeka Kansas (1954) and Roe vs. Wade (1973)
Q23. Explain the different types of primaries we have for elections and contrast them with the caucus system of voting.