Gov. Ch. 14&15 – Flashcards
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Bureacracy
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A large, complex administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organization
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Bureaucrat
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A person who works for a bureaucracy
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Administration
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The collective name given to the many administrators and agencies within the government
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Executive office of the president
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A complex organization of several separate agencies staffed by some 900 of the presidents closet advisors and assistants
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Federal budget
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A very detailed estimate of receipts and expenditures during the next fiscal year
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Fiscal year
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The 12-month period used by government and business for record-keeping, budgeting, and other financial management purposes
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Domestic affairs
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All matters of a nation that are not connected to the area of foreign affairs
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Executive department
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One of 15 major departments in the executive branch, each of which specializes in a specific area of public policy; together they make up the Cabinet
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Attorney general
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The title of the head of the department of justice
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Independent agency
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A federal agency that operates independently of the 15 executive departments
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Independent executive agency
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The largest category of independent federal agencies which include most of the non-cabinet agencies
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Civil service
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The collective name given to the majority of civilians who work directly for the federal government
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Patronage
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The practice of handling out jobs, contracts, and other government favors to political supporters of friends
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Spoils system
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Another name for the patronage system, dating back to the administrative of Andrew Jackson
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Draft
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Compulsory, or required, military service; also called conscription
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Independent regulatory commission
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One of the 11 agencies that monitor and police key aspects of the national economy, with little direction from the president
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Government corporation
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A government agency set up by congress to carry out specific business activities
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Article 2 section 1
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Sets up the office of the president
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The executive power has grown because
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The federal government's role has expanded to include such things as health, education, and welfare
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Need to act quick during war
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Led to a growth in presidential power
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Carries out, interpret
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The president ______ _____ many laws and may need to _____ the details of a law
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Authorities of the constitution or acts of congress
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The president can give an executive order based on the
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Power to appoint
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President has the ________ ambassadors and top-ranking officers of the government
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Appointed
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The president can still remove anyone whom he or she has _____
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Executive privilege, private
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The president uses _____ _____to keep important information _____
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Chief diplomat, treaties
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The president is the country's _____ who helps to prepare ______ or formal agreements with other countries
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Senate, two thirds
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The ____ must approve a treaty by a _____ majority
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Congress
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An executive agreement does not require the approval of _____
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Power of recognition
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When the president wishes to show that the U.S. accepts a country as a nation in the world community
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First step of war
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The withdrawal of an American ambassador from a country
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Commander in chief
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The president can send military forces anywhere in the world when acting as
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Bills
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Must be signed or vetoed by president
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State of the Union address
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Prescient recommends legislation to congress
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Pocket veto
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President does not sign or veto a bill before congress adjourns
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Pardon
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President can grant this ( legal forgiveness of a crime
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Clemency
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Powers to grant pardons and reprieves
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Amnesty
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A blanket pardon offered to a group of law violators
