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scoundrel [369]
3 years ago
10

In 1971, Congress passed the Federal Election Campaign Act. This act requires federal political candidates to reveal the sources

of the money used for their campaigns. This money is called campaign contributions. The act also limits the contributions that a person or group can donate to a single candidate.
Which of the following is most likely the main force behind the passage of this campaign law?

Special interest groups wanted to get credit for their contributions to politicians.
Politicians wanted to show how diverse their contributors were.
Media companies wanted to find more people and interest groups to pay for advertising.
People were concerned about what groups were influencing politicians through their contributions.
Social Studies
1 answer:
Oksana_A [137]3 years ago
4 0

Answer: People were concerned about what groups were influencing politicians through their contributions.

Explanation: An Act to promote fair practices in the conduct of election campaigns for Federal political offices, and for other purposes. Following the reports of serious financial abuses in political campaign, Congress amended the Federal Election Campaign Act to set limits on contributions by individuals and political parties.

Federal Election Campaign Act is a United States of America federal law which increased disclosure of contributions for federal campaigns, and amended to place legal limits on the campaign contributions. The amendment also created the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

The law imposed restrictions on the amounts of monetary or other contributions that could lawfully be made to federal candidates and parties, and it mandated disclosure of contributions and expenditures in campaigns for federal office.

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