Ayasha.Hussain.ApGovChapter 15

Question 1

Affordable Care Act (ACA)

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a law consisting of two pieces of legislation that are collectively referred to as “Healthcare Reform” or “Obamacare”

Question 2

Agenda Setting

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The process of forming the list of issues to be addressed by the government.

Question 3

Board of Governors

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Overseers of the Federal Reserve System. The seven member panel who each serve 14 year overlapping terms, with the Chair appointed by the President, serving a four year term. Also called the Federal Reserve Board

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Budget Deficit

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The economic condition that occurs when expenditures exceed revenues.

Question 5

Charter School

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a publicly funded independent school established by teachers, parents, or community groups under the terms of a charter with a local or national authority.

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Common Core

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set of educational standards for teaching and testing English and mathematics between kindergarten and 12th grade.

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Department of health and human services

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provides essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves and oversees the implementation of numerous health and welfare-related programs

Question 8

Depression

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A mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.

Question 9

Discount rate

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interest rate charged by the Fed to other banks

Question 10

Distributive policies

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A public policy such as Social Security that provides benefits to all groups in society.

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Entitlement programs

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Government benefits that certain qualified individuals are entitled to by law, regardless of need

Question 12

Federal Reserve System

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Question 13

Fiscal policy

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The federal government efforts to keep the economy stable by increasing or decreasing taxes or government spending.

Question 14

governmental (institutional) agenda

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Problems to which public officials feel obliged to devote active and serious attention.

Question 15

gross domestic product (GDP)

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Gross Domestic Product is the dollar value of all final goods and services produced within a country’s border in a given year. It has 4 categories: consumer goods and services, business goods and services, government goods and services, and import goods and services.

Question 16

Inflation

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An increase in the general (average) price level of goods and services in the economy.

Question 17

Keynesian economics

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A form of demand-side economics that encourages government action to increase and decrease demand and output.

Question 18

Laissez-faire

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an economic policy that advocates government staying out of the business sector

Question 19

means- tested programs

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income security program intended to assist those whose incomes fall below a designated level

Question 20

Medicaid

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provides medical and health related services to certain individuals and families with low income

Question 21

Medicare

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a federal program which provides health insurance benefits for people who meet .

Question 22

Monetary policy

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The term “monetary policy” refers to what the Federal Reserve, the nation’s central bank, does to influence the amount of money and credit in the U.S. economy.

Question 23

National Debt

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amount of money owed by the United States to its lenders.

Question 24

No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

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No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). NCLB sets high standards and accountability for student achievement to make sure that all children are caught up to 21st century learning.

Question 25

Non-means- tested programs

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a program that is not based on income or means of the recipient. For example, social security is a non means based program because it is given to anyone, regardless of their income, once they hit age for it and made the minimum contribution defined by the law

Question 26

open market operations

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The most important policy making body of the Fed and includes the presidents of the regional banks

Question 27

policy adoption

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the approval of a policy by legislation, people with requisite authority

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Policy evaluation

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process of determining whether a course of action is achieving its intended goals; determines fairness and efficiency of program

Question 29

Policy formulation

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formal proposals are developed and adopted to deal with the problems on the official policy agenda

Question 30

Policy implemantation

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process of carrying out public policy through governmental agencies and the courts; can also be done via lawsuits and voluntary compliance

Question 31

Public Policy

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the sum of government activities, whether pursued directly or through agents, as those activities have an influence on the lives of citizens

Question 32

recession

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ordinarily defined as prolonged decrease in economic growth as defined by negative growth in GDP, increased unemployment, and slow business growth over at least 6 months

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Redistributive policies

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• a Policy that provides to one group of society while taking away benefits for another through policy tools such as tax increases to pay for job training.

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Regulatory policies

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Market-entry regulations price-setting regulations control regulations Market-preserving regulations social regulations

Question 35

reserve requriments

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increase reserve requirements, raise discount rate for borrowing reserves, sell government securities in the open marketincrease reserve requirements, raise discount rate for borrowing reserves, sell government securities in the open market

Question 36

Socail Secuity Act

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Social Security Act of 1935 created a federal insurance program based on the automatic collection of taxes from employees and employers throughout people’s working careers. They would receive this money in a monthly pension when they reached the age of 65. The unemployed, disabled, and mothers with dependent children would also receive this money.

Question 37

systemic agenda

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all issues that are commonly perceived by members of the political community as meriting public attention and as involving matters within the legitimate jurisdiction of existing governmental authority”.

Question 38

vouchers

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a small printed piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount or that may be exchanged for goods or services.