Ch.8 Vocab for Mrs. Beason-Nicholas Esposito

Question 1

Administrative Adjuditcation

Answer 1

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

Administrative Adjudication settles disputes between two parties.

Question 2

Administrative Discretion

Answer 2

ability of bureaucrats to make decisions concerning the best way to implement congressional or executive intentions

Administrative Discretion works to the bureaucrats advantage when it comes to making decisions.

Question 3

Cabinet Departments

Answer 3

major administrative units with responsibility for a broad area of government operations

In Cabinet Departments, there is a broad level of responsibility for the people working.

Question 4

Civil Service System

Answer 4

the merit system by which many federal bureaucrats are elected

To elect federal Bureaucrats, we use the Civil Service System.

Question 5

Department of Homeland Security

Answer 5

cabinet department created after 9/11 to coordinate domestic security efforts

The Department of Homeland Security was made after 9/11 because it was a huge mass-hysteria.

Question 6

Federal Bureaucracy

Answer 6

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

The Collective government agencies around the map are our federal bureaucracy

Question 7

Federal Register

Answer 7

official journal of the US government, including all federal rules and public notices so that citizens and organizations can follow proposed changes and comply with rule changes

We use the federal Register to look back on previous knowledge.

Question 8

Government Corportations

Answer 8

businesses established by Congress to perform functions that private business could provide, often established when financial incentives for private industries to provide services are minimal

Government Corporations are overall pretty situational.

Question 9

G.I. Bill

Answer 9

federal legislation enacted in 1944 that provided college loans to returning veterans and lowered mortgage rates

The GI Bill helped many veterans for their own betterment.

Question 10

Great Depression

Answer 10

a severe economic downturn marked by mass unemployment that started in the US and to some degree lasted through the 1930s

The great depression was helped a lot by FDR during his presidency.

Question 11

Great Society

Answer 11

reform program by LBJ to combat poverty and discrimination

The great society was a reform program made by lyndon B Johnson

Question 12

Hatch Act

Answer 12

1939 act to prohibit civil servants from taking activist roles in partisan campaigns. prohibits federal employees from making campaign contributions, , working for a particular party, or campaigning for a particular party

The Hatch Act led to prohibiting civil servants from activism.

Question 13

Implementation

Answer 13

process by which law or policy is put into action

The implementation of a law could take a long time until effect.

Question 14

Independent Executive Agencies

Answer 14

governmental units that closely resemble Cabinet units but have narrower ranges of responsibility and perform services rather than regulatory roles

The Independent Executive Agencies are like the Cabinet, but not quite.

Question 15

Independent Regulatory Commission

Answer 15

entity created by Congress outside a major executive department that regulates a specific interest or economic activity

The independent Regulatory Commission regulates commerce and other activities.

Question 16

Interagency Councils

Answer 16

working groups created to facilitate coordination of policy making and implementation across a host of government agencies

Interagency Councils coordinates Implementation and other things.

Question 17

Iron Triangles

Answer 17

relatively ironclad relationships and patterns of interaction that occur among, agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees/subcommittees

The iron Triangles is a metaphor for the iron clad relationships in congressional Committees.

Question 18

Issue Networks

Answer 18

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

Issue Networks seem like a huge waste of everybodies time.

Question 19

Max Weber

Answer 19

German sociologist who articulated the hierarchy and near mechanical functioning of bureaucracies in complex societies

Max Weber did a lot for the ideology of politics and its future.

Question 20

Merit System

Answer 20

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

The merit System uses qualifications rather than loyalty and Favoritism.

Question 21

Patronage

Answer 21

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

Patronage seems like a good way to bring people who are under experienced into a job.

Question 22

Pendleton Act

Answer 22

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

The Pendleton Act Established many new principles in the way we do things. It also created the Civil Service System.

Question 23

Policy Coordinating Committees

Answer 23

committees created at the sub-Cabinet level to facilitate interactions between agencies and departments to handle complex policy problems

Policy Coordinating Committees facilitate interactions between agencies and departments.

Question 24

Regulations

Answer 24

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

There are many regulations we have to follow in the U.S.

Question 25

Rule Making

Answer 25

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

Rule making is very important to the National Government and world for that matter.

Question 26

Sixteenth amendment

Answer 26

amendment that allowed Congress to enact a federal income tax.

The sixteenth amendment called for an income tax.

Question 27

Spoils System

Answer 27

the firing of public office holders of a newly defeated party to replace them with loyalists from the newly elected party

The Spoils system rewards qualification, rather than loyalty.

Question 28

World War I

Answer 28

global military conflict that took place from 1914-1918 across Europe and its territories

World War 1 set the stage for more military advancements.

Question 29

World War II

Answer 29

global military conflict that persisted from 1939-1945. US intervened from 1941-1945

During World War II, America Dropped the Atomic Bomb On Hiroshima and Nagasaki.