AP Government
Unit 6: The Presidency and Bureaucracy
Study Guide
Overview
Institutions of National Government- 35-45%
- The major formal and informal institutional arrangements of power
- Relationships among the four institutions and varying balances of power
- Linkages between institutions and the following:
o public opinion and voters
o interest groups
o political parties
o the media
o state and local governments
Guiding questions
1. What powers does the Executive branch hold, according to Article II of the Constitution?
2. What is the relationship of the Executive branch to other branches of government?
3. What role does the bureaucracy play in the political process and policy implementation?
4. What is the relationship of the federal government and state and local bureaucratic institutions?
Vocabulary
1. closed primary
2. frontloading
3. soft money
4. 527 Group
5. veto
6. line-item veto
7. executive agreement
8. executive privilege
9. lame-duck period
10. bureaucracy
11. executive order
12. iron triangle
13. issue network
14. policy agenda
15. impeachment
16. National Security Council
17. pocket veto
18. presidential coattails
19. independent regulatory agency
Readings from textbook Chapters 13 and 15
11/5 – pages 392-402
11/6 – pages 402-409
11/7 – pages 409-422
11/8 – pages 422-433
11/9 – Prepare for writing practice
11/12 – Writing practice; pages 466-479
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government corporation
independent executive agency
standard operating procedures
administrative discretion
street-level bureaucrats
regulation
command-and-control policy
incentive system
deregulation
Government actions
29. 22nd Amendment
30. 25th Amendment
31. War Powers Resolution
32. Pendleton Civil Service Act
33. Hatch Act
34. Federal Election Campaign Act
35. United States v. Nixon
36. Buckley v. Valeo
11/13 – Study for Unit 6 vocabulary & reading
quiz
11/14 – Unit 6 vocabulary & reading quiz;
pages 479-487
11/15 – pages 487-499
11/26 – Study for Unit 6 Exam
11/27 – Tentative date for Unit 6 Exam
This unit corresponds to pages 93-112 in the study guide. You will also want to review the sections on
vocabulary, court cases, and acts of Congress.