AP GOV Ch.8 Raquel Acosta

Question 1

administrative adjudication

Answer 1

the process by which an administrative agency issues an affirmative, negative, injunctive, or declaratory order

• The agency adopts the process of rule making or adjudication.

Question 2

administrative discretion

Answer 2

refers to the flexible exercising of judgment and decision making allowed to public administrators

• Administrative discretion has the freedom to make a choice on any potential courses of action.

Question 3

cabinet departments

Answer 3

government agency that directly supports the work of the government’s central executive office, usually the cabinet and/or prime minister, rather than specific ministerial portfolios

-The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments.

Question 4

civil service system

Answer 4

A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle and the desire to create a nonpartisan government service

• The majority of teachers, librarians, and public safety professionals work in the civil service system.

Question 5

Department of Homeland Security

Answer 5

a cabinet department of the U.S. federal government with responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries

• The goal for the Department of homeland security l is to prepare, prevent, or respond to domestic emergencies, particularly terrorism.

Question 6

federal bureaucracy

Answer 6

performs three primary tasks in government: implementation, administration, and regulation

-When Congress passes a law, it puts down guidelines for new policies.

Question 7

federal register

Answer 7

a daily publication of the US federal government that issues proposed and final administrative regulations of federal agencies

-The Federal Register is published every day by the National Archives and Records Administration.

Question 8

government corporations

Answer 8

a company that is owned by the government and operates with the same independence of a private business, except that the owner is the government

-PBS is a government-owned corporation.

Question 9

G.I. (Government Issue) Bill

Answer 9

College or home buying benefits for military veterans; Now the Montgomery GI Bill which includes dependence privileges

• The G.I. Bill only qualifies those that contribute $100 a month for the first 12 months, if you are in active duty, if you have completed High School or you have served at least 2 years on active duty.

Question 10

great depression

Answer 10

the financial and industrial slump of 1929 and subsequent years

-The Great Depression was an economic depression that started in 1929 and lasted until the late-1930s.

Question 11

great society

Answer 11

a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs

-The main goal of great society, was to have the total elimination of poverty and racial injustice.

Question 12

hatch act

Answer 12

limits certain political activities of Federal employees both on and off duty

• The purpose of the hatch act is to maintain a federal workforce that is free from coercion.

Question 13

implementation

Answer 13

the process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution

Question 14

independent executive agencies

Answer 14

a federal agency that is not part of a cabinet department but reports directly to the president

Question 15

independent regulatory commission

Answer 15

an agency outside the major executive departments charged with making and implementing rules and regulations to protect the public interest

Question 16

inter agency councils

Answer 16

working groups created to facilitate coordination of policy-making and implementation across a host of governmental agencies

Question 17

iron triangle

Answer 17

a unique relationship between bureaucracy, congressmen, and lobbyists that results in the mutual benefit of all three of them

Question 18

issue networks

Answer 18

are an alliance of various interest groups and individuals who unite in order to promote a common cause or agenda in a way that influences government policy

Question 19

Max Webber

Answer 19

was a German sociologist and political economist who is best known for his theory of the development of Western capitalism that is based on the “Protestant Ethic¨

Question 20

merit system

Answer 20

the process of promoting and hiring government employees based on their ability to perform a job, rather than on their political connections

• It is the opposite of the spoils system.

Question 21

patronage

Answer 21

Granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support

• Political patronage can include the exchange of money for political support.

Question 22

pendleton

Answer 22

United States federal law enacted in 1883 that mandated that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation

-The pendleton act required qualified people to be elected to governmental offices based on their merit.

Question 23

policy coordinating committees (PCC´s)

Answer 23

Management of the development and implementation of national security policies by multiple executive departments and agencies typically shall be accomplished by the PCCs, with participation primarily occurring at the Assistant Secretary level

-The policy coordinating committees (PCC´s)are committees that may receive unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, labor unions and other PACs

Question 24

regulations

Answer 24

directive made and maintained by an authority

-An example of a regulation is a law that prevents alcohol from being sold in certain places.

Question 25

rule making

Answer 25

is the process that executive and independent agencies use to create, or promulgate, regulations

-Rulemaking is used by federal agencies to make new regulations.

Question 26

16th amendment

Answer 26

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration

-The 16th Amendment, was passed on February 3rd, 1913.

Question 27

spoil system

Answer 27

the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters

-Andrew Jackson introduced the spoils system after winning the 1828 presidential election.

Question 28

world war I

Answer 28

World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918

• The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers.

Question 29

world war II

Answer 29

World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world’s countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis

-World War II in Europe began when Hitler’s Nazi Germany attacked Poland.