Lobbyists provide information to members of Congress that will help them make decisions on a piece of legislation, as well as push their interest group’s agenda. This is testament to the fact that lobbying is ______.

Which of the following statements is true regarding the 2004 election?

A) Republicans set up fewer precinct level voter drives than did Democrats. B) Democratic organizers greatly outnumbered Republicans in Ohio at the precinct level. C) the Republican grassroots field organization was better prepared at the precinct level than the Democrats. D) the Democratic grassroots field organization was better prepared at the precinct level than the Republicans. E) fewer voters went to the polls than in previous years.

Which of the following is a consequence of Shays' Rebellion?

A) Banks started refusing to issue new loans. B) States started printing their own money at dizzying rates, leading to inflation. C) Similar protests, emphasizing the need of a strong national government, started in many areas. D) It led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. E) States increasingly taxed each other's imports and at times even prevented trade altogether.