AP GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
HAGEDORN
INSTITUTIONS: PRESIDENCY & THE BUDGET
Chapter 11-12
Unit Overview: Topics covered in this unit comprise 35-45% of the multiple choice
questions on the AP Exam and include the following: the formal and informal
institutional arrangements of power between the Congress, Presidency, Bureaucracy
and the Courts; the relationship among these four institutions and the balance of
power; and the linkage between the four institutions and public opinion and voters,
interest groups, political parties, the media and subnational governments.
Directions: Define all of the terms below in a spiral notebook reserved for AP
Government vocabulary only. Consult the glossary in your text for all definitions FIRST
and consult another source for any definition not found in your book SECOND.
Vocabulary notebooks will be turned in on the day of the unit test. Late notebooks will
not be accepted. Things to remember:
 Define the terms in ink and in order
 Number each term according to the list
 Skip a line in between definitions.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Cabinet
Constitutional authority
Executive agreement
Executive Office of the
President
5. Executive orders
6. Executive privilege
7. Fast-track authority
8. First-mover advantage
9. Go public
10. Head of government
11. Head of state
12. Impeachment
13. Power to persuade
14. Presidential approval
15. Recess appointment
16. Signing statement
17. State of the Union
18. Statutory authority
19. Tow presidencies
20. Unilateral action
21. Unitary executive theory
22. Vesting clause
23. Budget maximizers
24. Bureaucracy
25. Bureaucratic drift
26. Civil servants
27. Federal civil service
28. Fire alarm oversight
29. Independent agencies
30. Neutral competence
31. Notice and comment
procedure
32. Office of Management
and Budget
33. Oversight
34. Police patrol oversight
35. Political appointees
36. Principal—agent game
37. Problem of control
38. Red tape
39. Regulation
40. Regulatory capture
41. Standard operation
procedures
42. State capacity
43. Street-level bureaucrats
44. Turkey farms
READING SCHEDULE
Read and take notes each night over the pages assigned. Label each reading assignment with
the appropriate page numbers and sections in the event you are given a pop quiz over a
certain section. Keep up with the reading schedule unless I tell you otherwise. This means if you
miss a class or there is a snow day, you are still responsible for the reading and note-taking.
Regardless of where we are in our discussion, you must keep up with the reading schedule.
Day
W 11/7
Th 11/8
F 11/9
M 11/12
T 11/13
W 11/14
Th 11/15
½ Day
F 11/16
M 11/19
T 11/20
W 11/21-11/25
M 11/26
T 11/27
W 11/ 28
Tonight’s Bianco Reading Assignment
p.393-409
Other Assignments
Vocab
vocab
p.409-414
p.414-421
War Powers Article
p. 421-425
p. 429-438
p. 438-448
p. 448-461
Catch-up
Vocab Quiz
Unit 5 Vocab
FRQ