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Mind Map by Marcus Danvers, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Marcus Danvers
over 8 years ago
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(6) The impact of
pressure groups
- Enviromental protection
- End of 19th century environmental
conservation became important,
- Sierra Club formed
- Behind the push towards
stricter environmental
protection
- Behind the push towards
stricter environmental
protection
- 20th century Wilderness Society and
the National Wildlife Federation
- Behind the push towards
stricter environmental
protection
- Behind the push towards
stricter environmental
protection
- End of 19th century environmental
conservation became important,
- Women's Rights
- League of Women voters and National Organisation
of Women pushed for ERA but unsuccessfull
- Remain active - equal pay and job opportunities, against
sexual harassment in work place and military
- Involved in campaing to
elect women to congress
- Group EMILY List (Early
Money Is Like Yeast)
- Supports female candidates early on to allow
them to gain more campaign funds
- Supports female candidates early on to allow
them to gain more campaign funds
- Group EMILY List (Early
Money Is Like Yeast)
- League of Women voters and National Organisation
of Women pushed for ERA but unsuccessfull
- Abortion rights
- Pro- choice and life Active
- Pro-choice: want to preserve the constitutional
right of women to have an abortion
- Pro-life: want it narrowed or overturned
- Involved in debate over
"Partial birth abortions"
- Bush signed a partial birth abortions ban
- Bush signed a partial birth abortions ban
- Involved in debate over
"Partial birth abortions"
- Pro-choice: want to preserve the constitutional
right of women to have an abortion
- Both groups have fought over Supreme nomination process - Robert Bork
1987, Clarence Thomas 1991, John Robert 2005, Samuel Alito 2006
- Pro- choice and life Active
- Gun Control
- NRA - Most
powerful pressure
group in US politics
- 3,000,000 members, founded in 1871
to teach american how to use guns
- Since 1960's campaign to stop citizen
"right" being infringed
- Oppose toucher gun control at any level
- Opposed the Brady Bill, assault weapons ban and law
requiring back ground checks on those purchasing guns,
and law requiring mandatory trigger locks on hand guns
- Opposed the Brady Bill, assault weapons ban and law
requiring back ground checks on those purchasing guns,
and law requiring mandatory trigger locks on hand guns
- 3,000,000 members, founded in 1871
to teach american how to use guns
- NRA played role in District of Columbia v.
Heller 2008, and debate on Sandy hook
Shoot (20 Children, 8 teachers dead)
- NRA - Most
powerful pressure
group in US politics
- Economic inequality
- Groups like International Occupy
movement protest this.
- Full media focus in 2011 Occupy
of Zuccotti Park in New York
- Caused all states to have similar occupations
- Movement drove a lot of political debate
- Support from American Labour Union and Obama
Administration - sympathy with core values
- Full media focus in 2011 Occupy
of Zuccotti Park in New York
- Within a year disappeared
from streets
- Didn't tape in to political system like tea party
- Main tactic was to Occupy
hoping other would take
action for them
- Movement took a violent approach so authorities
close down camps (health and public safety
- No clear leadership and many young, unlike to vote
so not going to be listended to by Democrats
- Didn't tape in to political system like tea party
- Groups like International Occupy
movement protest this.
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