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Chapter 7 Flashcards

1
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Social security tax is an example of a…

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Regressive tax

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2
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Financing a new dam is an example of…

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Discretionary spending

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3
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Peace Corps is an example of a…

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Independent executive agency

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4
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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is an example of a…

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Government corporation

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5
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The power to decide disputes over regulations

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Quasi-judicial power

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6
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A federal income tax is a…

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Progressive tax

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7
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Raising taxes to fight inflation

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Fiscal policy

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Power to adopt regulations with the force of law

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Quasi-legislative power

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9
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Financing of Social Security is an example of…

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Mandatory spending

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Work organization featuring division of labor, and formal rules/ structure

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Bureaucracy

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11
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Government agencies that operate separately from executive departments

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Independent agencies

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12
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Practice of giving government jobs as rewards to public supporters

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Spoils system

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13
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Members from both major political parties is called… (Washington Farewell Address)

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Bipartisan

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14
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Cumulative sum of money that the government has borrow & not repaid

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Federal debt

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15
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Agency within the Department of Transportation

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Federal Highway Administration

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16
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Agency within the Department of Health

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CDC

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17
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People hired on the merit system to work for the federal government

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Civil service

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18
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Executive Department et with the largest budget

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Department of Defense

19
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Gap that occurs when annual expenses annual revenue

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Deficit

20
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What happens to the federal bureaucracy when a new president takes office?

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Top officials are replaced

21
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How are members of the civil service chosen?

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Through a competitive process

22
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Spoils system=

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Supporter of the president gets a job in the federal government

23
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Problem with the spoils system

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Leads to corruption & inefficiency

24
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What event led to the Pendleton Civil Service Act?

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Assassination of President Garfield

25
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Who deals with problems within the civil service workplace?

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Federal Labor Relations Authority

26
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What proportion of federal jobs are protected by the civil service regulations?

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90%

27
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First three executive departments to be created:

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State, Treasury, & War

28
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What do executive departments do? (US Mint, TTB, IRS)

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Division of Labor

29
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Independent agencies are…

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Under the control of the president or under any department

30
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Independent regulatory commissions have…

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Quasi legislative & judicial power, a bipartisan board, and staggered terms

31
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Raising interest rates to fight inflation

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Monetary policy

32
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A government corporation is…

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Under presidential control and performs functions that the private sector cannot

33
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Independent regulatory commissions do what?

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Regulate important activities in the nation’s economy and have the power of law

34
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Why are regulatory agencies so powerful?

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Independent from the executive branch and makes their own rules

35
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Independent executive agencies are appointed by the

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President with the consent of the Senate

36
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Tax that applies higher tax rate to the wealthy

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Progressive tax

37
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Tax that only collects from people with a certain income

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Regressive tax

38
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What happens when the government sells a bond?

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It borrows money

39
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Who controls the federal monetary policy?

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The Federal Reserve

40
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What government corporation operates passenger railroads?

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NRPC

41
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Current federal debt:

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$19.9 trillion

42
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Current federal deficit:

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$3 trillion

43
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Federal governments 4 biggest expenditures:

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Social Security, Medicare/Mediacid, Defense, & Income Security

44
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Three largest sources of revenue:

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Income tax, corporation tax, social insurance tax

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