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Interest Groups

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Description

Special interest groups are often blamed publicly for trying to exert too much control on the federal government. The reality, as always, is a little more complex. We will take a look at what interest groups are and how they function in our society. We will also analyze the factors that lead to interest group success and question whether or not they have too much influence.

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Interest Groups Explained
Interest Group Success
Effects of Groups


Important Files

Interest Groups Study Guide
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File Type: pdf
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Class Links

  • Interest Groups Quizlet
  • Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA
  • Frontline: War on the EPA
  • Play Activate!

Homework Assignments

Assignment 1: Introduction to Interest Groups

  • MindTap: What Do You Know about Interest Groups?
  • What If?, page 233
  • Chapter Introduction, page 234
  • Interest Groups: A Natural Phenomenon, pages 234-237​
  • Study guide questions 1-7
  • Key terms 1-3
  • What Are Interest Groups?
  • Crash Course: Interest Groups
  • MindTap: The Formation and Maintenance of Interest Groups

Assignment 2: Interest Group Membership

  • Why Do Americans Join Interest Groups?, pages 237-239
  • Study guide questions 8-9
  • Key terms 4-8
  • Crash Course: Interest Group Formation

Assignment 3: Economic Interest Groups

  • Economic Interest Groups, pages 239-245
  • Study guide question #10
  • Key terms 9-10

​Assignment 4: Other Interest Groups

  • Environmental Groups, pages 245-246
  • Public Interest Groups, pages 246-247
  • Other Interest Groups, pages 247-248
  • Foreign Governments, page 248
  • Study guide question #11
  • Key term 11
  • MindTap: Types of Interest Groups

Assignment 5: Interest Group Success

  • What Makes an Interest Group Powerful?, pages 248-252
  • Study guide questions 13-20
  • Key terms 12-15
  • What Makes Interest Groups Successful?
  • MindTap: The Effectiveness of Interest Groups


Assignment 6: Interest Groups and Public Policy

  • Interest Groups and Representative Democracy, pages 259-260
  • What Would You Do?, pages 260-261
  • Study guide questions 21-23
  • How Do Interest Groups Affect Policy?
  • MindTap: Grassroots Lobbying
  • MindTap: Regulating Interest Groups

Assignment 7: Prepare for the Test

  • Review your reading and class notes
  • MindTap: Chapter 7 Quiz
  • Review Quizlet

Paul Sargent Makes History

  • Home
  • My YouTube Channel
  • AP European History
    • Historical Reasoning Skills
    • Thematic Learning Objectives >
      • Interaction of Europe and the World
      • Poverty and Prosperity
      • Objective Knowledge and Subjective Visions
      • States and Other Institutions of Power
      • Individual and Society
      • National and European Identity
    • Concept Outline
    • Period 1: 1450-1648
    • Period 2: 1648-1815
    • Period 3: 1815-1914
    • Period 4: 1914-Present
    • Exam Review Resources
  • AP Government
    • Concept Outline
    • Constitutional Underpinnings
    • Political Beliefs and Behaviors
    • Linkage Institutions
    • Institutions of Government
    • Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
    • Exam Review
  • Government and Economics
    • Foundations of Government
    • The Constitution
    • Executive Branch
    • The Judicial Branch
    • Voting and Elections
  • My Blog