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    Our Constitution guarantees freedoms that allow citizens to monitor and influence their government. There are three main groups that do this: individuals, interest groups, and the media. Individuals can monitor the government by staying informed and influence it most by voting. Interest groups, which can be economic groups like businesses or non-economic groups focused on specific causes, try to influence policies by hiring lobbyists to talk to officials or campaign for issues. The media both monitors the government by exposing scandals and influences it by setting the public agenda and changing beliefs, as reporters like Woodward and Bernstein did when they investigated and exposed the Watergate scandal under President Nixon.

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    Our Constitution guarantees freedoms that allow citizens to monitor and influence their government. There are three main groups that do this: individuals, interest groups, and the media. Individuals can monitor the government by staying informed and influence it most by voting. Interest groups, which can be economic groups like businesses or non-economic groups focused on specific causes, try to influence policies by hiring lobbyists to talk to officials or campaign for issues. The media both monitors the government by exposing scandals and influences it by setting the public agenda and changing beliefs, as reporters like Woodward and Bernstein did when they investigated and exposed the Watergate scandal under President Nixon.

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    Our Constitution guarantees freedoms that allow citizens to monitor and influence their government. There are three main groups that do this: individuals, interest groups, and the media. Individuals can monitor the government by staying informed and influence it most by voting. Interest groups, which can be economic groups like businesses or non-economic groups focused on specific causes, try to influence policies by hiring lobbyists to talk to officials or campaign for issues. The media both monitors the government by exposing scandals and influences it by setting the public agenda and changing beliefs, as reporters like Woodward and Bernstein did when they investigated and exposed the Watergate scandal under President Nixon.

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    1. Our Constitution guarantees freedoms that allow citizens to do what?

    Monitor and influence the government


    2. 3 groups of people influence our government

    - __________individuals ______________: One or more people acting together informally

    - Interest Groups:
    A group of people trying to influence polices in government.

    - __media__________________: Communication channels and news sources by which citizens


    receive news

    3. What are some ways that individuals can monitor the government?
    Staying informed

    4. What is the biggest way an individual can INFLUENCE the government?


    voting
    ** Other ways Individuals can influence government:
    -Petitioning (1st amendment rights)
    -Running for office themselves, etc.**

    Interest groups: Private groups devoted to one or more particular issues. There are a couple
    types.

    5. ________economic interest
    groups________________________________________________________________
    seek economic benefits for members they represent
     Large businesses try to hire Lobbyists to ______talk to government officials to about
    issues that affect their industry _______________________________________.

    6. Non-Economic Interest groups that fight for specific causes, but not material or
    financial. What are some examples of Non-Economic Interest Groups below.

    Common cause, EDF, and the AARP.


    7. Different roles of Media

    - Watchdog-
    Exposes scandals and/or problems.

    - Setting the Public Agenda-

    8. Explain how reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein both monitored and
    influenced the government of the United States.

     Monitored:
    They proved that the president and the citizens don’t have the same amount of rights which is
    unconstitutional

     Influenced:
    Exposed Richard Nixon possibly changing people's beliefs

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