A Common Feature of All Interest Groups Is That They

question 64

Multiple Choice

A common feature of all interest groups is that they ______.

• A) spend huge amounts of money on campaign donations
• B) sponsor public demonstrations
• C) are organized around shared interests among members
• D) provide exclusive benefits to members in order to keep them loyal
• E) have all potential members in society defined and loyal to their cause

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Definitions:

New Deal

A series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt with the aim of restoring prosperity to Americans.

Unregulated Free Market

An economic system without governmental oversight where prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses.

Consumer Individualism

A societal trend where individual consumers have the freedom to express themselves and make independent choices in the marketplace, reflecting personal identities and preferences.

Korematsu V. United States

1944 Supreme Court case that found Executive Order 9066 to be constitutional. Fred Korematsu, an American-born citizen of Japanese descent, defied the military order that banned all persons of Japanese ancestry from designated western coastal areas. The Court upheld Korematsu’s arrest and internment.