| Hint | Answer |
| a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses | |
| the nation’s largest industrial trade association, representing small and large manufacturers in every industrial sector and in all 50 states. | |
| the largest association of physicians and medical students in the United States. | |
| Its mission is to 'to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination' | |
| a nonpartisan civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States. | |
| dedicated to promoting, protecting, and representing the interests of farmers and ranchers in the United States | |
| It's mission is to protect and enhance the economic well-being and quality of life for family farmers and ranchers and their rural communities. | |
| It consisted of a staff of clergy as well as committees of bishops who discussed and sometimes issued statements on matters of national policy such as education, welfare, and healt | |
| It aims to rally all sections of American Jewry to defend the rights of Jews all over the world. | |
| fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects civil rights for all while it advocates for Israel with policymakers, the media and the public | |
| any organization that seeks to influence public policy | |
| something of value that one cannot get without joining mass-membership organizations | |
| the sense of pleasure, status, or companionship that arises out meeting together in small groups | |
| money, or things and services readily valued in monetary terms | |
| the appeal of an organizations stated goals | |
| organizations that attract members by appealing to their interest in a coherent set of (usually) controversial principles | |
| | Hint | Answer |
| What it is customary to call an organization when its purpose , if attained, will prinicpally benefit nonmembers | |
| a widely shared demand for change in some aspect of the social or political order | |
| An important way cues are made. They can be helpful sources of information, but are sometimes biased by the arbitrary determination of what constitutes a liberal, proconsumer, or c | |
| a signal telling an official what values are at stake in an issue- who is for, who is against a proposal- and how that issue fits into his or her own set of political beliefs | |
| When interest group directly mail petitions and info to people's houses | |
| File lawsuits in court, usually claiming government action is unconstitutional. | |
| Need a lot of support to rally Congress. Letter writing, phone calls, mass support. | |
| People who leave Congress to become a lobbyist. | |
| Individuals or organizations representing other organizations | |
| A committee set up by and representing a corporation, labor union, or special-interest group that raises and spends campaign contributions on behalf of one or more candidates or ca | |
| An organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. | |
| a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing natural issues | |
| The oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization in the United States | |
| Nonpartisan group originally only for the ladies; created soon before the Nineteenth Amendment was passed | |
| Independence-era interest group, desired freedom from England | |
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