US Cabinet

Question 1

Department of State

Answer 1

Originally the Department of Foreign Affairs

International relations and national foreign policy.

Secretary of State, who is the first Cabinet member in the Presidential line of succession (after the Vice President).

Question 2

Department of Treasury

Answer 2

Handles the production of currency in the United States. Also manages the public debt, finance and tax laws, and fiscal policy.

Secretary of the Treasury

Question 3

Department of Defense

Answer 3

National security and the United States Armed Forces.

Secretary of Defense

Question 4

Attorney General

Answer 4

Head of the Justice Department and serves as the chief lawyer to the U.S. Government.

The Attorney General oversees Department of Justice (DOJ), including the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Bureau of Prisons.

Question 5

Department of the Interior

Answer 5

Managing federal lands in regards to conservation and natural resources, such as dams, reservoirs, and wildlife. Territorial affairs, as well as matters related to Native Americans, national parks and lands.

Secretary of the Interior

Question 6

Department of Agriculture

Answer 6

The USDA is the Executive Department that deals with all matters relating to farming, food, and rural economic development. Founded by Abraham Lincoln, important aid to farmers and food manufacturers for crop sales and distribution.

Question 7

Department of Commerce

Answer 7

Economic growth, like setting industrial standards or gathering data for policy-making.

Secretary of Commerce

Question 8

Department of Labor

Answer 8

Unemployment benefits, workplace safety, and wage standards. Helps administer and enforce federal regulations to help keep employees safe, as well as ensure their rights.

Secretary of Labor

Question 9

Department of Health and Human Services

Answer 9

Public health and family services - physical fitness, to opioid prevention, to adoption and foster care

Secretary of Health and Human Services

Question 10

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Answer 10

Passing legislation that affects development, and fair housing.

Question 11

Department of Transportation

Answer 11

The safety and modernity of American transportation services. Also known as the USDOT or DOT, coordinates policy and action

Secretary of Transportation

Question 12

Department of Energy

Answer 12

Energy production, waste disposal, and nuclear weapons. Energy supply, climate crisis, performing transformative scientific research, and running the 17 National Laboratories of the United States.

Question 13

Department of Education

Answer 13

Education, including financial loan and grant management, and collecting data about schools for future policy.

Secretary of Education

Question 14

Department of Veterans Affairs

Answer 14

Healthcare and benefits to veterans of the United States. Veteran homelessness, and studies policies on how to support the people who have served their country.

Question 15

Department of Homeland Security.

Answer 15

Formed by George W. Bush in response to the 9/11.

DHS is the third largest Cabinet office, terrorism, disaster prevention, cybersecurity, border security, and immigration.

Question 16

Quasi Cabinet Departments

Answer 16

not technically their own departments, the head administrators receive Cabinet-rank status.

White House Chief of Staff
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Management and Budget
United States Trade Representative
United States Mission to the United Nations
Council of Economic Advisers
Small Business Administration