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SS.7.C.2.10 Benchmark Clarification 1: Students Will Identify The Methods Used by Interest

Interest groups use their constitutional rights to assemble, speak freely, and petition the government to both monitor and influence government actions. They do this through political action committees that raise money for supportive candidates, and by lobbying legislators directly to pass favorable laws. Interest groups also educate their own members on issues and encourage them to vote, donate, and otherwise support candidates aligned with the group's goals.

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SS.7.C.2.10 Benchmark Clarification 1: Students Will Identify The Methods Used by Interest

Interest groups use their constitutional rights to assemble, speak freely, and petition the government to both monitor and influence government actions. They do this through political action committees that raise money for supportive candidates, and by lobbying legislators directly to pass favorable laws. Interest groups also educate their own members on issues and encourage them to vote, donate, and otherwise support candidates aligned with the group's goals.

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SS.7.C.2.

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Examine the impact of media, individuals, and interest groups on monitoring and influencing government.
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SS.7.C.2.10 Benchmark Clarification 1: Students will identify the methods used by interest
groups to monitor and/or influence the government.

Interest groups use their First Amendment rights to peaceable assembly, free speech,
and petition to monitor and influence the government. Interest groups are groups that form
because of a common goal. They attempt to influence people by working together for their
goal.

Political Action Committees, which are often connected to interest groups, can raise
money and contribute to the campaigns of candidates that they support.

Interest groups can work with members of Congress or with other elected legislators to get
laws passed. This is usually referred to as lobbying.

An interest group can also educate its members on issues it wants the group members to
support. For example, interest groups ask their members to vote and give money to
candidates that the interest group supports.

Congress - the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of
Representatives, or lower house
First Amendment - an amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting Congress from establishing a religion, and from
interfering with freedom of religious exercise, press, speech, assembly, or petition
interest group - a group of people who are concerned with a particular issue and who try to influence legislators to act in
their favor, also known as a special interest group
lobbying - participating in activities in order to influence government officials
political action committee - an independent political organization that promotes the cause of a particular interest group,
usually through raising money and campaigning to elect candidates who support the group's views

 
 

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