American Government
Mr. Bekemeyer
The Presidency and the Bureaucracy
(Unit VI Exam -- Review)
Chapter 13 The Presidency
1.
What did Richard Neustadt argue as the key to presidential power?
(Pg. 392)
2.
What do Americans want and not want in their presidents?
(Notes, pg. 392)
3.
What are the minimum qualifications for president as stated in the
Constitution? (Notes, pg. 392)
4.
Who is widely regarded as the worst president in our history? (Pg. 393)
5.
What did the 22nd Amendment do? (Notes, pg. 393)
6.
Who followed FDR in the presidency? Which president launched the
"Great Society"? Who was the only president to become president
having run for neither the presidency or vice presidency in the
preceding election? Since FDR, which presidents have been
REP/DEM? (Pgs. 393 - 395)
7.
Understand the process of impeachment. What president was nearly
impeached but quit instead? In legal terms, what is an impeachment?
(Notes, pg. 395)
8.
What are the first five positions in order of succession to the
presidency? (Notes, you may need to look this up)
9.
What did the Twenty-fifth Amendment do?
10. What did the Constitution framers fear about the executive branch?
Does the executive branch fit into the Madisonian system of
government? (Notes, pgs. 397 - 398)
11. Why was George Washington a good person to assuage the fears of the
Constitution framers? (Notes)
12. From a Constitutional standpoint, what are the president's formal
powers? How are the Senate and House involved? Review your formal
power list from notes. (Notes, pg. 398)
13. How do presidents control the bureaucracy? (Notes, pg. 400) In recent
years, what has characterized presidential appointments? (Pg. 400)
14. Under the constitution, what does the Vice-president do? (Notes)
15. What is the president's cabinet? How many departments are there? In
what order to they sit? Describe the role of the three cabinet positions
under Washington. How is the Senate involved with the cabinet?
(Notes, pgs. 401 - 403)
16. What does The Office of Management and Budget, the National
Security Council, and the Council of Economic Advisors do?
(Notes, pg. 404)
17. What happens when a president vetoes legislation? Pocket veto? How
often are the president's vetoes overridden? (Notes, pgs. 408 - 409)
18. How does the president have the power to influence the legislative
process? (Notes, pg. 408)
19. What wins, constituency opinion or president's proposals? (Pg. 410)
20. What are presidential coattails and mid-term elections? Do presidential
coattails make any difference? (Notes, pgs. 410 - 412)
21. How important is public approval for a president? Electoral mandate?
(Pgs. 412 - 413)
22. Describe the War Powers Legislation. (Notes)
23. Why is the presidency sometimes referred to as "two presidencies"?
(Public v. Private) (Pg. 421)
24. Describe how and when a president may "go public". Are there any
famous recent examples? What impact does high poll ratings have for a
president? (Pgs. 422 - 424)
25. What is important to people when deciding whether or not a president
is doing a good job? What is a rally event? (Pg. 424)
26. What is the purpose of a Presidential press conference? Is it effective?
Who is the principal conduit of information from the White House?
(Notes, pg. 428)
27. What are the most significant differences between a presidential and
parliamentary system? (Notes)
28. What were some of Alexander Hamilton's thoughts on the executive
branch? (Federalist #70)
29. Review your presidential power and congressional power eras. Know
your powerful presidents. (Notes)
30. What does the rule of propinquity state? (Notes)
31. Who are “in and outers”? (Notes)
32. What is executive privilege? Why is it necessary? (Notes, pg. 400)
Chapter 15 -- The Federal Bureaucracy
1.
How and who creates a bureaucratic agency? (Pg. 467)
2.
Federal vs. State / local government. Which has more employees?
How do Americans feel about their federal bureaucracy?
(Notes, pg. 469)
3.
Who was Max Weber and what did he contribute to the notion of
"bureaucracy"? (Notes, pg. 468)
4.
Are government bureaucracies less efficient and effective than private
bureaucracies? Are government bureaucracies more broadly
representative of the American people than legislators, judges, or
presidential appointees? (Notes, pgs. 469 - 470)
5.
Explain the Patronage system? What did the Pendleton Civil Service
Act do? (Notes, pg. 472)
6.
What is a plum book? (pp. 474)
7.
Who does the real work within a Cabinet department? (Pg. 475)
8.
Describe the function of an Independent Executive Agency. What is the
function of -- The Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Reserve
Board, The General Services Administration, Amtrak, United States
Postal Service and the National Aeronautical and Space
Administration? (Notes, pgs. 479 - 480)
9.
What are Independent regulatory agencies? Government corporations?
Can you give an example? (Notes, pgs. 475 - 478)
10. Why was the implementation of Title IX so difficult? (Pgs. 482 - 483)
11. Explain the terms standard operating procedures, administrative
discretion and street-level bureaucrats. (Notes, pgs. 484 - 485)
12. Explain the Voting Rights Act of 1965. (Pg. 488)
13. Explain regulation vs. deregulation. Describe government regulation in
America. Munn v. Illinois? (Notes, pgs. 489 - 491)
14. What is an executive order? (Notes, pg. 494) What are sub
governments
and issue networks? What are the problems with iron
triangles? (Notes, pg. 496)
Chapter 20 (pp. 619 - 620) -- National Security
1.
What might be some examples of interest groups involved in
international affairs? (Pg. 619) Explain the Iran-Contra affair.
(Pg. 621)
2.
Explain the function of the State Department, Department of Defense,
the Pentagon, and the National Security Council. (Pgs. 620 - 621)
3.
What does the CIA, and National Security Agency do? (Pgs. 622- 623)
4.
What are the foreign affairs powers of Congress? (Pg. 623)
*Key terms (each must be placed on a note card) and defined.
UNIT VI – THE PRESIDENCY AND BUREAUCRACY
Personal presidency
Power and presidency (concepts)
Constitutional powers
Executive privilege
Impeachment
National Security Council
Pocket veto
Council of Economic Advisors
Congressional-Executive relations
Merit principle
Monetary Policy
Controls on bureaucracy
Framers’ intent
Bureaucracy
Independent agencies
"bully pulpit"
gridlock
iron triangle
red tape
Public presidency
Senatorial courtesy
Executive orders
Twenty-second Amendment
Twenty-fifth Amendment
Office of Management and Budget
Budget & Impoundment Control Act
Cabinet
Civil service
Hatch Act
Discretionary authority
Imperial Presidency argument
United States v. Nixon
Pendelton Act
Bureaucracy policy making
divided government
"lame duck"
issue network
plum book