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Government Bureaucracy Flashcards

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What is Bureaucracy?

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Bureaucracy refers to an administrative system in which agencies staffed by non-elected officials, perform specific tasks in accordance with standard procedures

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What is the first level of bureaucracy beneath the President?

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Executive Office of the President

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What was the Office of personnel management designed to eliminate?

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The spoils system

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Who is responsible for preparing the president’s proposed budget?

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The Office of Management and Budget

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How many work in the White House office?

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400

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Who advises the president on military policy and covert operations?

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The National Security Council

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What was the first cabinet post created?

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The State Department

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The president has the authority to fire federal judges without the consent of Congress

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False

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What are the 3 principle agencies with the Executive Office

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The White House office, the office of Management and Budget, and the National Security Council

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What department is responsible for the formation and execution of U.S. foreign affairs?

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State Department

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What department was created to unify the nation’s military?

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Department of Defense

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To travel out of the U.S., you must obtain a what?

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Passport

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What department is a passport issued from?

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State

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What department operates the FHA which makes low interest long term loans available to farmers?

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Department of Agriculture

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What department is responsible for trying to contain the Covid 19 virus?

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Department of Health and Human services

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What department enforces all tax laws?

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the Department of Treasury

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Who are the principal officers of the defense department called?

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Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Who was the first African American to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff?

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General Colin Powell

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What agency is responsible for the protection of the president?

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The United States Secret Service; Department of Treasury

20
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What department operates our National Park Service?

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Department of Interior

21
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What was the first National Park in the U.S.?

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Yellowstone National Park

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What department operates the Medicare and Medicaid program?

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Department of Health and Human Services

23
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What person from MS served as the Secretary of Agriculture?

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Mike Espy

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What was created after WWII to promote international cooperation and to help maintain world peace?

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The United Nations

25
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Who has been called the town meeting of the world?

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The General Assembly

26
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Where did the Covid 19 virus originate in?

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China

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What country pays the most in the operation of the U.N.?

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The United States

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What division of the U.N. is responsible for maintaining world peace?

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The Security Council

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What is the right to send and receive ambassadors called?

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The right of legation

30
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What did the U.S. build that serves at the home and office of all US ambassadors in foreign countries?

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Permanent embassies

31
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What must be declared to exile an ambassador which causes that ambassador to leave?

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Persona Non Grata

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What do foreign ambassadors have that means they cannot be arrested, sued, or taxed?

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Diplomatic immunity

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The president has the power to fire any cabinet member without the consent of Congress

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True

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How many divisions does the UN consist of?

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6

35
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How many members make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

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8

36
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Employees that fill government jobs are technically hired by who, which is supposed to use the merit system?

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Office of Personnel Managment

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What agency of the department of interior helps to turn non-usable land into usable land?

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The Bureau of Reclamation

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The U.S. pays how much percentage of the operating cost of the U.N.?

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22%

39
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What are the 5 permanent members of the security council?

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U.S., Russia, China, France, and England

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