Government Reading Guide – Ch. 7-10
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What was the first truly national legislature in the colonies?
What is a bi-cameral legislature?
How often is the census given in the United States?
Define bill.
Which branch of government is given the formal law-making powers granted in the Constitution?
Where are the powers of Congress listed in the Constitution?
According to Table 7.1 in the textbook, what are the enumerated powers of Congress?
Define impeachment.
In 1974, which president resigned from office after the House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach him?
What is casework?
What is the incumbency factor?
What movement began in the late 1980s because of voter frustration?
What are trustees?
Define delegate.
What is a politico?
A new Congress is seated every _______ years.
Define Speaker of the House.
What is the majority party?
What is the minority party?
What is a party caucus/conference?
What is the majority leader? Minority leader?
What is a whip?
Who is the presiding officer of the Senate?
Who is the official chair of the Senate?
There are four different types of Congressional committees. List and describe each one.
What is pork barrel legislation?
In both the House and the Senate, committee membership generally reflects what?
Outline how a bill becomes a law.
What is a hold?
Define filibuster.
Define cloture.
What is the difference between a pocket veto and a line-item veto?
People who live and vote in the home district or state are known as?
What is a divided government?
What is a primary function of most lobbyists?
What is the purpose of staff and support agencies?
Define oversight.
What is congressional review?
What is a legislative veto?
What does the War Powers Act say? It was passed in response to what?
Define senatorial courtesy.
What is Congress’s ultimate oversight of the president?
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What was the earliest example of executive power in the colonies?
List the qualifications of office for the presidency.
Who was the first president of the United States?
What does the 22nd Amendment say?
Define impeachment.
What exactly are the articles of impeachment?
Who was the first president to die in office?
Who was the first vice president to succeed to the presidency?
The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 shows the line of succession to the presidency. List those successions in
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What does the 25th Amendment say?
Who becomes “acting president” if the president is incapacitated?
What was the initial purpose of the vice president?
How much power a vice president depends on what?
Who was the first vice president to have an office in the White House?
What is the “Mondale Model”?
What led to the intentionally vague prescriptions for the presidency in Article II?
True or False: Much of the president’s authority stems from his position as the symbolic leader of the nation
and his ability to wield power, whether those powers are enumerated specifically in the Constitution or not.
Explain the following powers of the president.
a. Appointment power
b. Convene Congress
c. Make treaties
d. Veto power
e. Preside over the Military
f. Pardoning power
What is the Cabinet?
Define executive agreement.
What is a line-item veto?
A president’s authority is limited by what in the Constitution?
List the four precedents set by George Washington.
What are inherent powers?
What purchase occurred because of presidential inherent powers?
Name one way Lincoln acted “questionably” during his terms in office.
Explain the stewardship theory.
What is Taftian theory?
What was the New Deal?
FDR left the “modern presidency” to his successors. Explain what this entails.
What is the Cabinet’s major function?
What is the role of the First Lady?
What is the purpose of the Executive Office of the President?
Where does the White House staff derive their power?
What is the difference between a presidentialist and congressionalist view of the law making process?
Why is it important for a president to propose key plans in his administration?
What is the role of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)?
Define executive order.
What is patronage?
What often determines how effectively a president can exercise the broad powers of the presidency?
What is executive privilege?
What was the ruling in U.S. v. Nixon (1974)?
When do presidents typically enjoy their highest approval ratings?
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Define patronage.
What is the spoils system?
Explain the Pendleton Act.
What is the civil service system?
What is the merit system?
What is the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Committee (ICC)?
What does laissez-fare mean?
Who are bureaucrats?
About how many federal bureaucrats work in Washington D.C.?
List the 15 Cabinet Departments.
What are clientele agencies?
What is a government corporation?
What is an Independent Executive Agency? Give one example.
What is the Hatch Act?
What was enacted in response to the Hatch Act?
Define implementation.
What are iron triangles? Give an example.
What is an issue network?
What is an interagency council?
Define administrative discretion.
What are regulations?
What is the purpose of administrative adjudication?
How does the executive branch place checks on the federal bureaucracy? How does Congress? The Judiciary?