Unit 4: The Executive Branch and Bureaucracy

Question 1

Executive Order

Answer 1

a rule or order issued by the president to an executive branch of the government and having the force of law.

Question 2

Executive Agreement

Answer 2

an international agreement, usually regarding routine administrative matters not warranting a formal treaty, made by the executive branch of the US government without ratification by the Senate.

Question 3

Line-item veto

Answer 3

Vetoing only certain parts of a bill while keeping the whole relatively fine

Question 4

War Powers Resolution 1973

Answer 4

President can only send armed forces with approval by congress or in serious emergency.

Question 5

Pardon

Answer 5

release from punishment

Question 6

Amnesty

Answer 6

Blanket pardon for people facing prosecution

Question 7

Excise Tax

Answer 7

Taxes on sales of goods. Can be used to tax things govt does not want public to use/do.

Question 8

Public debt

Answer 8

Money that is owed by a government agency

Question 9

Progressive Tax

Answer 9

Tax that places more of a burden on rich instead of poor

Question 10

Isolationism

Answer 10

No interaction in foreign policy, keep to ourselves

Question 11

Entitlement

Answer 11

a government program that provides benefits to any individual meeting certain eligibility requirements.

Question 12

Collective security

Answer 12

the cooperation of several countries to promote peace

Question 13

Regional Security Alliance

Answer 13

treaties in which countries involved have agreed to take collective action to meet aggression in a particular part of the world