BEATRIZSANTILLANES | CHAPTER 8

Question 1

FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY

Answer 1

D: the thousands of federal government agencies and institutions that implement and administer federal laws and programs.

S: House Republicans objected to the creation of a new federal bureaucracy.

Question 2

MAX WEBER

Answer 2

D: german sociologist active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who articulated the hierarchical structure and near-mechanical functioning of bureaucracies in complex societies.

S: Max Weber gave many ideas on bureaucracy.

Question 3

SPOILS SYSTEM

Answer 3

D: the firing of public-office holders of a defeated political party to replace them with loyalists of the newly elected party.

S: The situation was complicated by the American spoils system.

Question 4

PATRONAGE

Answer 4

D: jobs, grants, or other special favors that are given as rewards to friends and political allies for their support.

S: Patronage is a potent force if used politically.

Question 5

MERIT SYSTEM

Answer 5

D: a system of employment based on qualifications, test scores, and ability, rather than party loyalty.

S: The early introduction of merit systems deprived them of patronage, and nominations for public office were outside their control.

Question 6

PENDLETON ACT

Answer 6

D: reform measure that established the principle of federal employment on the basis of open, competitive exams and created the Civil Service Commission.

S: The CSRA was the first federally passed comprehensive civil service reform since the Pendleton Act of 1883.

Question 7

CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM

Answer 7

D: the merit system by which many federal bureaucrats are selected.

S: The Civil Service System was created in 1883.

Question 8

SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT

Answer 8

D: amendment to the U.S. Constitution that authorized Congress to enact a national income tax.

S: Has the sixteenth amendment been beneficial ?

Question 9

WORLD WAR I

Answer 9

D: a global military conflict that took place from 1914-1918 across Europe and its overseas territories. The United States military intervened from 1917-1930s.

S: My friends’ grandfather was in world war I.

Question 10

GREAT DEPRESSION

Answer 10

D: a severe global economic downturn marked by mass unemployment and poverty that began in the United States in 1929 and persisted to some degree until the end of the 1930s.

S: Many people lost their jobs in the great depression of the 1930s.

Question 11

WORLD WAR II

Answer 11

D: a global military conflict that took place from 1939-1945 in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific region. The United States was formally involved in the war from 1941-1945.

S: Many veterans have PTSD after world war II.

Question 12

G.I. (GOVERNMENT ISSUE) BILL

Answer 12

D: federal legislation enacted in 1944 that provided college loans for returning veterans and reduced mortgage rates to enable them to buy homes.

S: This G.I. Bill must have been very beneficial after WWII.

Question 13

GREAT SOCIETY

Answer 13

D: reform program begun in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson that was a broad attempt to combat poverty and discrimination through urban renewal, education reform, and unemployment relief.

S: The costly Vietnam War and the Great Society programs strained the system.

Question 14

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Answer 14

D: cabinet department created after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to coordinate domestic security efforts.

S: He currently works as an agent for the Department of Homeland Security.

Question 15

CABINET OF DEPARTMENTS

Answer 15

D: major administrative units with responsibility for a broad area of government operations. Departmental status usually indicates a permanent national interest in a particular governmental function, such as defense, commerce, or agriculture.

S: There are fifteen executive departments.

Question 16

INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE AGENCIES

Answer 16

D: governmental units that closely resemble a cabinet department but have narrower areas of responsibility and perform services rather than regulatory functions.

S: The CIA is a top independent executive agency.

Question 17

INDEPENDENT REGULATORY COMMISSION

Answer 17

D: an entity created by congress outside a major executive department that regulates a specified interest or economic activity.

S: The FDA is an independent regulatory commision.

Question 18

GOVERNMENT CORPORATION

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D: businesses established by congress to perform functions that private businesses could provide, such as the U.S. Postal Service and Amtrak. Often established when the financial incentives for private industry to provide services are minimal.

S: My aunt got a job at the U.S. Postal Service which is a government corporation.

Question 19

HATCH ACT

Answer 19

D: the 1939 act to prohibit civil servants from taking activist roles in partisan campaigns. This act prohibited federal employees from making political contributions, working for a particular party, or campaigning for a particular candidate.

S: The Hatch Act did not allow him to make political contributions.

Question 20

IMPLEMENTATION

Answer 20

D: the process by which a law or policy is put into operation.

S: The No Child Left Behind Act has failed to improve public school achievement since its implementation in 2002.

Question 21

IRON TRIANGLES

Answer 21

D: the relatively ironclad relationships and patterns of interaction that occur among agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees or subcommittees.

S: He has denounced the “iron triangle” of money, lobbyists and legislation.

Question 22

ISSUE NETWORKS

Answer 22

D: the loose and informal relationships that exist among a large number of actors who work in broad policy areas.

S: An Issue network’s tactics vary depending on their goals and purpose.

Question 23

INTERAGENCY COUNCILS

Answer 23

D: working groups created to facilitate coordination of policy making and implementation across a host of governmental agencies.

S: The interagency councils serve a purpose of facilitating policy making.

Question 24

POLICY COORDINATING COMMITTEES (PCCs)

Answer 24

D: committees created at the sub-cabinet level to facilitate interactions between agencies and departments to handle complex policy problems.

S: He got the a job in the policy coordinating committees.

Question 25

ADMINISTRATIVE DISCRETION

Answer 25

D: the ability of bureaucrats to make choices concerning the best way to implement congressional or executive intentions.

S: She failed to give proper administrative discretion, abusing the process.

Question 26

RULE MAKING

Answer 26

D: a quasi-legislative process resulting in regulations that have the characteristics of a legislative act.

S: The rulemaking process of making a regulation is very complex.

Question 27

REGULATIONS

Answer 27

D: rules governing the operation of all government programs that have the force of law.

S: More pressing even than that question was the regulation of local government.

Question 28

FEDERAL REGISTER

Answer 28

D: the official journal of the U.S. government, including all federal rules and public notices so that citizens and organization can follow proposed changes and comply with rule changes.

S: Many people have not been following the federal register.

Question 29

ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION

Answer 29

D: a quasi-judicial process in which a bureaucratic agency settles disputes between two parties similar to the way courts resolve disputes.

S: This administrative adjudication is going to be a very interesting case.