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Presidency And Bureaucracy Flashcards

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1
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What were the four fears expressed by the founders about the aspects of the presidency

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Anarchy
Monarchy
Executive branch too powerful
Congress not enough power

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What happens when no candidate receives a majority of votes in the electoral college

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House picks

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How many times has the House of Reps have to decide the issue when no candidate receives a majority of votes I the electoral college

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Twice

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4
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How did the framers solve the problem of how to elect the president

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Electoral college

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Discuss the terms that a president can serve. How many years for each term. How many terms. What is the maximum numbers of years

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2 four years terms and a max of 10 years

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6
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What amendments deal with the presidency. What are they about
(5)

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12th- president and vp run together 
20th- date of inauguration changed
22nd- term limit
23rd- D.C. can vote vote
25th- succession to the presidency
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7
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What years did presidential candidates win a majority of the electoral votes without winning a majority of the popular vote. Who. (4)

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JQ Adams- 1824
Hayes- 1876
Benjamin Harrison- 1888
Bush- 2000

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What role does the House of Reps have in selecting the presidency if a majority of electoral votes doesn’t happen

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House selects

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Name the president prior to 1850 that had the presidency called the imperial presidency

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Jackson

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10
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What power does the president share with the senate

2

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Ratify treaties

Presidential appointments

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Identify the rule of propinquity

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Power tends to be wielded by the people who are in the room where a decision is made

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What group is the closest physically and politically to the president

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White House Office

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13
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What presidential nomination as require senate confirmation

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Supreme Court justice
Ambassadors
Federal judges
Heads of executive office agencies
Department secretaries
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What are the three types of presidential organizations. Which president is associated with each style

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Ad Hoc- Clinton
Circular- Carter
Pyramid- Reagan and Bush

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Name three groups associated with the Executive Office of the President (EOP)

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OMB
National security council
Office of economic advisers

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16
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How does cabinet seniority relate to seating at cabinet meetings

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Secretaries of oldest cabinets sit closest to president

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Describe the following character of the following presidents
Nixon
Clinton
Jimmy Carter
JFK
Lyndon Johnson
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Nixon- suspicion of media
Clinton- face to face persuasion 
Jimmy Carter-voracious reader of every memo and very detailed
JFK-worked closely with young amateurs
Lyndon Johnson-in your face persuader
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What’s the difference between executive privilege and veto power

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Executive privilege- preside can withhold information and/or issue an executive order

Veto- reject a bill

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19
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What is a pocket veto

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Ignore bill for 10 days and it doesn’t become law when congress is out of session

20
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What happens to a bill that sits on the presidents desk for 10 days and he takes no action

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Becomes laws

21
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Approximately what percentage of vetoes are overridden

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4%

22
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Discuss U.S. vs Nixon

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Deal with watergate scandal and ruled the president doesn’t have unlimited executive privilege

23
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What have been the two key issues facing presidents in the past few decades

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Foreign policy

Economy

24
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What amendments deal with the executive branch. What are they about (2)

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12th- president and vp run as team

20th-date of inauguration changed

25
Q

How does the impeachment process work

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House gathers evidence and senate has a trial w/ Chief Justice presiding

26
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Name four ways a president can influence congress to pass what he proposes

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The media
Have employees in EOP lobby congress
Presidential coat tails
Pressure leaders of his party in the House and Senate

27
Q

How have presidents been successful in directing decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court

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Appointing justices w/ same political ideology

28
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What are some reasons for an increase in presidential power since 1945 (2)

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WWII and foreign affairs

29
Q

Explain why cabinet members don’t really have a big influence of presidential decision-making

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Very focused on their own department

30
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Who usually has more success with influencing legislation, the president or congress. Why

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President

Because he can use the media to his favor

31
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What is an executive agreement

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It doesn’t require senate approval, but may require allocation of funds

32
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Why would the president have difficulty controlling cabinet agencies

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Because once they are confirmed by the senate they are in, unless they make a wrong decision

33
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What was the most important and powerful department when our nation was first founded

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Treasury

34
Q

How did appointments to the civil service happen during most of the 19th and 20th centuries

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Patronage

35
Q

Explain the huge increase in the number of federal employees between 1816 and 1861

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Increase in demand of what the govt should do

36
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Discuss the Pendleton act (4)

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Passed by Republican congress
Response to Garfield assassination
Replaced spoils system
Says govt jobs should be awarded based on merit

37
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What is the whistle-blower protection act of 1989 designed to protect

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Protected bureaucrats who tell on their bosses

38
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What are some restraints which govt agencies must operate (2)

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Freedom of information act- allows for full of partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the govt
Administrative procedure act- governs the way in which administrative agencies of the federal govt may propose and establish regulation

39
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What group is the most powerful group in congress in terms of controlling the budget for an agency

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House Appropriations Committee

40
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What is a legislative veto (2)

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Designed to increase power of congress

A veto exercised by a legislature nullifying or reversing an action of the executive branch

41
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What are type of bureaucratic pathologies. (5)

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Red tape
Conflict
Duplication
Imperialism
Waste
42
Q

Discuss the iron triangle in Washington

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Congressional committee, executive department, interest group

43
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What is the main responsibility of the OMB-office of management and budget

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Prepare budget and audit

44
Q

Differentiate between independent regulatory agencies and regulatory commission

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Independent regulatory agencies- independent of the president but not of congress and regulate certain industries to protect the public interest

45
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How do cabinet departments differ from independent regulatory agencies

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Independent agencies are freer from presidential control

46
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What are the fundamental differences between the prime minister and the president

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Presidents can be outsiders, prime ministers are always insiders.
Prime minister chosen by the members of the majority party in parliament

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