A Grassroots Lobbying Campaign Occurs

question 59

Multiple Choice

A grassroots lobbying campaign occurs

• A) when an interest group mobilizes its members and their families throughout the country to write their representatives in support of the group's position.
• B) when a spontaneous show of political support for a particular position manifests itself.
• C) when interest groups organize to support a dark-horse presidential candidate.
• D) before a session of Congress formally begins.
• E) when an interest group buys advertisements in newspapers around the country in order to publicize an issue.

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Definitions:

Open Market Operations

Central bank activities involving buying and selling government securities in the marketplace to influence the money supply and interest rates.

Money Supply

The all-inclusive measure of monetary resources present in an economy at a specific juncture.

Interest Rates

The cost of borrowing money or the return for investing, typically expressed as a percentage of the principal, varying over time based on economic conditions.

Deposit Expansion Multiplier

The ratio that measures the potential increase in total deposits in the banking system generated from an increase in primary deposits.