Unit 4 AP Government

Question 0

22nd Amendment

Answer 0

No person shall be elected to the office of the President
more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once
One person may not serve more than 10 years

Question 1

In which article of the U.S. constitution is Executive power discussed

Answer 1

Article 2

Question 2

25th Amendment

Answer 2

In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice
President shall become President.

Question 3

Impeachment process

Answer 3

Goes to House 1st wear tried for impeachment and the to Senate where tried for indictment

Question 4

Office of Management and Budget

Answer 4

Prepares the president’s budget and also advices presidents on proposals from departments and agencies and helps review their proposed regulations

Question 5

GAO

Answer 5

Government Accountability Office

Evaluates what agencies are doing with their budgets

Question 6

CBO

Answer 6

Congressional Budget Office

Set parameters for the congressional budget

Question 7

National Security Council

Answer 7

Committee that links the presidents foreign and military policy advisers

Question 8

Council of Economic Advisors

Answer 8

3 member body appointed by the president to advise the president on economic policy

Question 9

Veto

Answer 9

Power of the president to send a bill back to congress with reasons for rejecting it

Question 10

What percentage of votes is needed to override a veto

Answer 10

2/3rds

Question 11

Pocket veto

Answer 11

Occurs when Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president. Simply lets the bill die by neither signing not vetoing it

Question 12

Presidential coattails

Answer 12

When voters cast their ballots for congressional candidates of the president’s party because they support the president

Question 13

Midterm election

Answer 13

General elections held every 2 years

People elect

Question 14

Electoral mandate

Answer 14

The perception that the voters strongly support the president’s character and policies

Question 15

War Powers Resolution

Answer 15

Requires presidents to consult with congress whenever possible prior to using military force and to withdrawal forces after 60 days unless congress declares war or an extension

Question 16

Why might the War Powers Resolution be declared unconstitutional

Answer 16

The Supreme Court decided that the legislative veto is a violation of the separation of powers

Question 17

Who officially chooses the U.S. president

Answer 17

The Electoral College

Question 18

Winner take all

Answer 18

Who ever has more votes in one state takes the whole state

Question 19

District Plan

Answer 19

Each state is separated into congressional districts with an elector for every district plus 2 electors for each state’s senators

Question 20

Faithless Electors

Answer 20

The don’t vote on their state’s choice

Question 21

Could someone win the Electoral College vote without winning the popular vote

Answer 21

Yes

Question 22

Why do many people believe we will never get rid of the Electoral College

Answer 22

The minority wouldn’t be able to vote for president

It would require an amendment and those are super hard to get passed

Question 23

Pollock v. Farmer’s Loan and Trust Co

Answer 23

Declared that income tax was unconstitutional

Question 24

16th Amendment

Answer 24

Permits congress to levy an income tax 1913

Question 25

Why is income tax considered a progressive system

Answer 25

Those with more taxable income pay more taxes and higher rates

Question 26

How does the government borrow money

Answer 26

Sells bonds to Asia

Question 27

Military industrial complex

Answer 27

The close relationship between the military hierarchy and the defense industry that supplies its hardware needs

Question 28

Social security

Answer 28

Provides minimal level of sustenance to older Americans to save them from poverty

Question 29

Medicare

Answer 29

Added to social security, provides health insurance to the elderly

Question 30

Incremental budgeting

Answer 30

The best predictor of the year's budget from the pervious year, plus a little bit more

Question 31

What is the biggest uncontrollable expenditure in the federal budget

Answer 31

Social Security

Question 32

Entitlements

Answer 32

A government program guaranteeing access to some benefit by members of a specific group and based on established rights or by legislation.

Question 33

What are the 2 standing committees that write the tax code called

Answer 33

Finance- Senate | Ways and Means- House

Question 34

Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

Answer 34

Budget calendar Budget committee in each house Congressional budget office

Question 35

Authorization bill

Answer 35

Provide the federal government the legal authority to actually spend the money.

Question 36

Appropriations bill

Answer 36

They specify how much money will go to different agencies and programs.

Question 37

Continuing resolutions

Answer 37

It provides temporary funding for federal agencies until new appropriations bills become law.

Question 38

Budget Super Committee

Answer 38

12 members 6 democrats, 6 republicans, 6 senators, and 6 representatives. Formed to reduce the deficit

Question 39

Sequestration

Answer 39

A series of annual spending cuts to the federal government.

Question 40

Debt ceiling

Answer 40

An upper limit set on the amount of money that a government may borrow.

Question 41

Government shutdown

Answer 41

The government couldn't come to an agreement on the new budget by the end of the fiscal year, so the government shut down until they came up with a solution

Question 42

Omnibus legislation

Answer 42

When Congress fails to pass all of the appropriations bills individually, it will combine the remaining bills into one enormous “omnibus” bill.

Question 43

How is hiring done in the patronage system?

Answer 43

Jobs and promotions awarded for political reasons.

Question 44

What law created the Federal Civil Service and the merit system

Answer 44

Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883

Question 45

Hatch Act

Answer 45

Prohibits federal employees from active participation in partisan politics while they are on duty

Question 46

Plum book

Answer 46

A listing of the top federal jobs available for direct presidential appointment, often with Senate confirmation.

Question 47

General schedule

Answer 47

A schedule for federal employees, ranging from GS 1 to GS 18, by which salaries can be keyed to rating and experience.

Question 48

Senior Executive Service

Answer 48

9,000 federal government managers that provide leadership at the top of the civil service system. Paid top salaries to compete with private industry.

Question 49

Government corporation

Answer 49

Government organization provides a service that could be provided by private sector and typically charges for its services.

Question 50

What is implementation when it comes to bureaucracies

Answer 50

The stage of policy making between the establishment of a policy and the consequences of the policy for the people affected. Translating goals into realities

Question 51

Street level bureaucrats

Answer 51

Bureaucrats who are in constant contact with the public and have considerable administrative decisions

Question 52

Administrative discretion

Answer 52

The authority of administrative actors to select among various responses to a given problem

Question 53

Fragmentation

Answer 53

Responsibility for a policy is dispersed among many units within bureaucracy.

Question 54

Regulation and deregulation

Answer 54

Regulation is the use of government to control practice in the private sector, while deregulation is the lifting of government restrictions on business, industry, and professional activities

Question 55

Munn v. Illinois

Answer 55

In Munn v. Illinois, the court ruled that the government had the right to regulate the business operations of a firm, or the right to regulation.

Question 56

Iron triangle

Answer 56

Subgovernments; a mutually dependent and advantageous relationship between bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees or subcommittees.

Question 57

Issue network

Answer 57

They include many participants who have technical policy expertise and are drawn to issues because of intellectual or emotional commitments rather than material interests.