Chapter 2 powerpoint slides

Question 1

The __________ _________ of _____and the Federalist Papers helped create our representative government.

Answer 1

Constitutional Convention 1787

Federalist Papers

Question 2

who created the two treaties of government?

Answer 2

John Locke

Question 3

The form of government in the United States is a __________ __________.

Answer 3

democratic republic

Question 4

The _________ _________ (Congress) makes the law.

Answer 4

Legislative Branch

Question 5

The Legislative Branch (________) makes the ____.

Answer 5

congress

law

Question 6

The ________ ________ (The President) administers and enforces the law.

Answer 6

Executive Branch

Question 7

The Executive Branch (The __________) __________ and ________ the law.

Answer 7

President
administers
enforces

Question 8

The _________ _________ interprets the law as required.

Answer 8

Judicial Branch

Question 9

The Judicial Branch __________ the law as required.

Answer 9

interprets

Question 10

What are the 3 conceptualizations of Executive Power:

Answer 10

1. The Restricted View
2. The Prerogative View
3. The Stewardship View

Question 11

What is the Restricted view (of executive power)?

Answer 11

maintains that the president, governor, or mayor is an agent of the Legislature, and restricted by it.

Question 12

What is the Prerogative view (of executive power)?

Answer 12

hold that under certain circumstances, the President possesses extraordinary powers to safeguard the nation, and can go above Congress as needed.

Question 13

What is the Stewardship View (of executive power)?

Answer 13

argues that the President is a trustee of the people & can take any action not forbidden by the Constitution to act on their behalf.

Question 14

What are the steps of the public policymaking process?

Answer 14

1. Agenda-setting
2. Decision Making
3. implementation
4. evaluation
5. feedback to new agenda

Question 15

What are the outside forces on a public agency manager?

Answer 15

1. political parties
2. legislature
3. outside auditors
4. chief executive of the jurisdiction
5. other agencies
6. courts
7. media

Question 16

What are the inside forces on a public agency manager?

Answer 16

1. need to maintain or increase productivity
2. morale
3. budget restraints
4. employee (union) demands
5. professional associations
6. demands of critical units

Question 17

What is the iron triangle?

Answer 17

1. Government Agency (Administers Policy)
2. Legislative Committee (Creates Policy)
3. Interest Groups (Lobbies for Policy)

Question 18

The American government is inherently ___________.

Answer 18

pluralistic

Question 19

Who was in charge of Federalist Papers No. 10 (1787)?

Answer 19

James Madison

Question 20

Who said “Liberty is to faction as air is to fire”?

Answer 20

James Madison

Question 21

What is Adopted by the Convention of 1787, not to promote efficiency but to preclude the exercise of arbitrary power.

Answer 21

Separation of Powers

Question 22

Which president embedded the restricted view of executive power?

Answer 22

William Howard Taft

Question 23

Which president embodied the prerogative view of executive power?

Answer 23

John Locke

Question 24

Which president embodied the stewardship view of executive power?

Answer 24

Theodore Roosevelt