APGov ch.8 Angelina.Zamora

Question 1

Administrative Adjudication

Answer 1

A quasi-judicial process in which a bureaucratic agency settles disputes between two parties similar to the way courts resolve disputes
Administrative adjunction helos solve problems between parties.

Question 2

Administrative discretion

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the ability of bureaucrats to make choices concerning the best way to implement congressional or executive intentions
Administrative discretion allows people to make decisions.

Question 3

Cabinet department

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Major administrative units with responsibility for a broad area of government operations. Department status usually indicates a permanent national interest in a particular governmental function such as defense commerce or agriculture

Cabinet department deals with particular government functions.

Question 4

Civil service system

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the merit system by which many federal bureaucrats are selected
The civil service systems makes it easier to choose bureaucrats.

Question 5

Department of Homeland Security

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Cabinet department created after 9/11 to coordinate domestic security efforts
The department of homeland security was made after terrorist attacks in the united states.

Question 6

Federal Bureaucracy

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The thousands of federal government agencies and institutions that implement and administer laws and programs
Federal Bureaucracy is used to impact laws.

Question 7

Federal Register

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The official journal of the U.S government including all federal rules and public notices so that citizens and organizations can follow proposed changes and comply with rule changes
The Federal Register includes all the federal rules.

Question 8

G.I Bill

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Federal legislation enacted in 1944 that provided college loans for returning veterans and reduced mortgage rates to enable them to buy homes

Thanks to the G.I bill my college will be paid for.

Question 9

Government Corporations

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Businesses established by Congress to perform functions that private businesses could provide such as the U.S postal service and Amtrak often established when the financial incentives for private industry to provide services are minimal
Government corporations provided businesses like the post office.

Question 10

Great Depression

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A severe global economic downturn marked by mass unemployment and poverty that began in the united states in 1929 and persisted to some degree until the end of the 1930s
The great depression left many people without a job.

Question 11

Great Society

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Reform program began in 1964 by president Lyndon B Johnson that was a broad attempt to combat poverty and discrimination through urban renewal education reform and unemployment relief
The great society provided relief for during the great depression

Question 12

Hatch Act

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The 1939 ct to prohibit civil servants from taking activist roles in partisan campaigns. This act prohibited the federal employees for making political contributions working for a particular party or campaigning for a particular candidate

The hatch act didn’t allow people to take activist roles.

Question 13

implementation

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The process by which a law or policy is put into operation

Implementation is part of the process of lawmaking

Question 14

independent executive agencies

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Governmental units that closely resemble a cabinet department but have narrower areas of responsibility and perform services rather than regulatory functions

Independent executive agencies resemble a cabinet.

Question 15

independent regulatory commission

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An enity created by Congress outside a major executive department that regulates a specified interest or economic activity
Independent regulatory commission go into interest groups.

Question 16

interagency councils

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

Interagency councils make lawmaking easier.

Question 17

iron triangles

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The relatively ironclad relationships and patterns of interaction that occur among agencies interest groups and congressional committees or subcommittees

Iron Triangles happen inside of interest groups.

Question 18

issue networks

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the loose and informal relationships that exist among a large number of actors who work in broad policy areas

Issue networks are informal relationships but have a lot of influence.

Question 19

Max Weber

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German sociologist active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who articulated the hierarchical structure and near-mechanical functioning of bureaucracies in complex societies

Max Weber is a German sociologist.

Question 20

Merit system

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a system of employment based on qualifications test scores and ability rather than party loyalty

The merit system is more about test scores than loyality.

Question 21

patronage

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Jobs grants or other special favors that are given as rewards to friends and political allies for their support

Patronage are rewards given to supporters for their services.

Question 22

pendleton act

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Reform measure that established the principle of federal employment on the basis of open competitive exams and created the civil service commission

The Pendleton act established the rules for federal employees.

Question 23

policy coordinating committees

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Committees created at the sub-cabinet level to facilitate interactions between agencies and departments to handle complex policy problems

Policy Coordinating committees handle complicated interactions

Question 24

regulations

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Rules governing the operation of all government programs that have the force of law

Regulations are rules set of the government programs.

Question 25

rule making

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a quasi-legislative process resulting in regulations that have the characteristics of a legislative act

Rule making is given in a leegislative act.

Question 26

Sixteenth Amendment

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Amendment to the U.S constitution that authorized Congress to enact a national income tax

The 16th amendment allowed income tax

Question 27

Spoils system

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The firing of public-office holders of a defeated political party to replace them with loyalists of the newly elected party

The spoils system replaces a political party

Question 28

World war 1

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a global military conflict that took place from 1914-1918 across Europe and its overseas territories. The united states military intervened from 1917-1918

World war one was the first war that scared many people since many different countries were involved

Question 29

World War 2

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A global military conflict that took place from 1939-1945 in Europe Africa Asia and the Pacific region. The united states was formally involved in the war from 1941-1945

Over 50 million people died in world war two.

Question 30

Government Corporations

Answer 30

Businesses established by Congress to perform functions that private businesses could provide such as the U.S postal service and Amtrak often established when the financial incentives for private industry to provide services are minimal

Government corporations provided businesses like the post office.