APGovChapter8AyashaHussain

Question 1

administrative adjudication

Answer 1

a quasi-judicial process in which a bureaucratic agency settles disputes between two parties in a manner similar to the way courts resolve disputes
Sentence:
Disputes between the confederate towns were brought for adjudication before the general assembly, but the League had no recognized federal judiciary.

Question 2

administrative discretion

Answer 2

the ability of bureaucrats to make choices concerning the best way to implement congressional or executive intentions
Sentence:
The limit was extended to the 1 st of August 1900 by the Interstate Commerce Commission, which was given discretion in the matter.

Question 3

cabinet departments

Answer 3

15 total of various size, status, visibility, and function. They all advise the President, help execute/implement programs; have broad responsibility. Examples: State (the most prestigious. The diplomats), Defense: biggest, HHS, Agriculture, Commerce, Homeland Security, Attorney General.
Sentence: Homeland security is apart of the cabinets department.

Question 4

Civil Service System

Answer 4

The merit system by which many federal bureaucrats are selected
Sentence:
The government has imposed a freeze on civil service appointments.

Question 5

Homeland security

Answer 5

to protect the US from any foreign or domestic attacks
Sentence :
And homeland security agents have worked to secure our ports, our borders, and our skies.

Question 6

federal bureaucracy

Answer 6

The thousands of federal government agencies and institutions that implement and administer federal laws and programs
Sentence :
These honorary justices are mainly recruited from the ranks of the higher bureaucracy and the army.

Question 7

federal register

Answer 7

the daily newspaper of the Federal Govt. published by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The objective is to inform citizens of their rights and obligations and provide access to a wide range of federal benefits and opportunities for funding
Sentence :
The postal services and the telegraphs are administered by the federal government

Question 8

government corporations

Answer 8

A government agency that operates like a business corporation, created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Sentence:
The government corporation has “ resolved “ all 747 failed thrifts transferred to it.

Question 9

G.I (government issue) bill

Answer 9

a. Created for returning WWII veterans, the G.I. Bill was created in 1944 and provided a range of benefits, including education, training, loans, unemployment compensation, and job counseling, for American soldiers.
Sentence:
He used the GI Bill to go to college and become an engineer.

Question 10

government corporations

Answer 10

A government agency that operates like a business corporation, created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Sentnece:
He used the GI Bill to go to college and become an engineer.

Question 11

great depressions

Answer 11

the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the u.s. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
Sentence: During the great depression so many people lost there jobs.

Question 12

great society

Answer 12

President Johnson called his version of the Democratic reform program the Great Society. In 1965, Congress passed many Great Society measures, including Medicare, civil rights legislation, and federal aid to education.
Sentence:
Great Society programs compartmentalized social services and kept the business community outside

Question 13

hatch art

Answer 13

limits certain political activities of Federal employees both on and off duty
Sentence :
Hatch Act by attempting to direct the votes of his troop

Question 14

implementation

Answer 14

The act of converting planning,goals, and objectives into action through administrative structure, management activities, policies, procedures, regulations, and organizational actions of new programs
Sentence:
The two systems also differed as to trigger points of implementation.

Question 15

independent executive agencies

Answer 15

Federal regulatory agencies that are independent, thus not fully under the power of the president.
Sentence:
the centres are all currently Executive Agencies which between them generate business.

Question 16

independent regulatory commission

Answer 16

A government organization that, like business corporations, provides a service that could be provided by the private sector and typically charges for its services
Sentence:
The regulatory commission plan excludes 95 percent of the purchases of power.

Question 17

interagency councils

Answer 17

working groups created to facilitate coordination of policy-making and implementation across a host of governmental agencies
Sentence:
Is now spokesman for the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise.

Question 18

iron trainagles

Answer 18

policy-making between Congress, special interest groups, and governmental agencies. creates a self-sufficient (and sometimes corrupt) subgovernmental situations in which American citizens’ best interests are ignored in favor of receiving special favors and regulation changes for passing particular legislation.
Sentence:
Each constituency of the iron triangle has its reasons to be generous to Democrats.

Question 19

issue networks

Answer 19

an alliance of various interest groups and individuals who unite in order to promote a single issue in government policy
Sentence:
The International School of Luxembourg participates in and manages the Global Issues Network

Question 20

max weber

Answer 20

Max Weber was a 19th-century German sociologist. Born in Erfurt, Thuringia in 1864 he works as a professor of economic law and politics as well as editor of two political magazines.
Sentence:
Max Weber was an german sociologist who was a professor.

Question 21

merit system

Answer 21

The system by which federal civil service jobs are classified into grades or levels, to which appointments are made on the basis of performance on competitive examinations
Sentence:
The Merit Systems Protection Board surveyed federal employees in 1992 and 2010.

Question 22

patronage

Answer 22

he financial support it buisness provieded to a store,hotel,or the like, by customers, clients, or paying guests
Sentence:
Many people went to Kathryn’s art exhibit to show patronage for her talents.

Question 23

pendleton act

Answer 23

Banned Federal candidates from requiring that federal employees work on their campaigns or make financial contributions.
Sentence:
At issue is the Pendleton Act of 1883, which bars government officials from money solicitations on federal property.

Question 24

policy coordinating commities

Answer 24

Subcabinet-level committees created to facilitate interactions between agencies and departments to handle complex policy problems
Sentence:
The policy coordinating commities are created to facilitate intercations between agencies and deparments.

Question 25

regulations

Answer 25

Rules concerning the operation of all government programs that have the force of law
Sentence:
If a soldier, he should be dressed in regulation uniform like the others.

Question 26

rule making

Answer 26

a quasi-legislative administrative process that has the characteristics of a legislative act.
Sentence:
The Government Secretariat in the Prime Minister s office coordinates the rulemaking process.

Question 27

sixteenth amendment

Answer 27

Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes
Sentence:
The 16th Amendment, ratified in 1913, authorizes Congress to collect taxes on income.

Question 28

spoils system

Answer 28

Firing office-holders of a defeated party, and replacing them with members of the newly elected party
Sentence:
The rules aimed to replace the political spoils system with objective measures.

Question 29

world war I

Answer 29

A war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies, notably Britain, France, Russia, and Italy (which entered in 1915), and the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.
Sentence:
England fought on the side of France against Germany in World War 1.

Question 30

world war 2

Answer 30

A war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan — and the Allies, including France and Britain, and later the Soviet Union and the United States.
Sentence:
Hitler attacked Poland on September 1,1939 and started world war 2