Practice Final

The following will give you an idea of the format of the final exam. As you prepare, also take a look at the air midterm.

I. Briefly identify 11 of 13 items (4 points each). Explain each item's meaning and significance.

• Jack Abramoff
• 501(c)(4)
• The revolving door
• Crossroads GPS
• Turkmenistan
• Freedom's Watch
• Bundling
• Taft-Hartley
• AFL-CIO
• CSAAC
• PFLAG
• FARA
• Cooperative Federalism

II. Short essays. Answer three of four. Each answer should take about half a page. (6 points each).

• Explain the major goals of the Turkish lobby in the United States.
• Is "the religious lobby" mostly conservative?  Explain.
• Tell why work stoppages have declined dramatically since the 1970s.
• Does any individual corporation have a strong material incentive to lobby for comprehensive tax reform?  Explain.

III. Answer two of three essay questions (19 points each). Each answer should take about 2-3 large bluebook pages or 3-4 small bluebook pages.

• Why is it difficult to enact gun control at the federal level?
• What are the major reasons for the proliferation of interest groups in the United States?
• In 2006, Democrats took both chambers of Congress.  In 2008, Barack Obama won the presidency.  The past few years should have been a golden age for labor unions.  What happened?

Bonus Questions (one point each). Very briefly identify the following:

• Bill Paxon
• Penny Pritzker
• David Penzer
• Heather Podesta
• Trevor Potter