When an interest group uses ____________, it tries to generate public pressure by running media campaigns and taking public opinion polls to influence Congress.

Extractive economic institutions are ones that:

a. involve extraction of oil and minerals and mining. b. enable political leaders to concentrate power in their own hands. c. grew from European colonization of less developed nations. d. transfer a nation's income and wealth to a small elite.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a _________.

A.independent executive agency B.independent regulatory agency C.subagency of the Treasury Department D.government corporation