Department that provides aid to citizens in the U.S. following disasters.
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
100
A Presidential Veto ais an example of which principle of government?
Checks and Balances
100
When the government spends more on programs than it collects in taxes
Federal Deficit
100
List the members of your National Executive Branch.
President, Vice President, Cabinet
100
What is the Legislative Branch on the National level? Name it's 2 parts.
Congress, House of Reps and Senate
200
Why would the U.S. Department of Agriculture offer home loans with low interest rates to low income buyers?
To increase home ownership.
200
Why do Presidents use Executive Orders?
To make policy without Congressional approval.
200
group of officials who head government departments and advise the President
Cabinet
200
List the members of your State Executive Branch
Governor, Lt. Governor, Executive Council
200
What was the purpose of the Magna Carta?
Limit the power of the king
300
How are the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) similar?
They both protect consumers.
300
What role did President Obama use when he apologized to Afghanistan for the U.S. military burning the Muslim Holy Book, the Quran?
Chief of State
300
Agency that dictates the amount of rest time a pilot needs between flights
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)
300
What is the title of your Local Executive Officer?
County Executive
300
What are the 2 ways that Congress uses Fiscal Policy to manipulate the business cycle?
Taxing and Spending
400
Agency that tests the substitute sugars in diet soft drinks.
FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
400
What role did President Nixon try to claim he was using when he refused to hand over documents after the Watergate scandal?
Executive Privilege
400
Give 3 examples of U.S. Foreign Policy (ways we deal with other countries).
trade, defense, spread democracy, human rights, create allies, arms control, disaster relief, development
400
Which Foreign Policy tool is the president using when the U.S. refuses to trade with another country due to reported evidence that the leader are mistreating the people?
Economic Sanction
400
Give an example of a law that would have been created using the Necessary and Proper Clause.
Transportation laws, Broadcasting laws, Cell Phone laws, etc.
500
If an agency makes a proposal to turn a natural habitat into developed land (like an airport) why would they need to create an Environmental Impact Statement first?
To explain how the development will affect the surrounding area.
500
What is the purpose of the executive order below?
"To place qualified individuals with mental disabilities in community settings...The Federal Government must...help ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to live close to their family and friends...and to participate in community life."
To protect the rights of individuals with mental disabilities.
500
Complex systems with many departments, many rules, and many people in the chain of command
bureacracy
500
"Our greatest primary task is to put people to work...It can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we would the emergency of war..." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which goal in the Preamble is FDR working on?
Promoting the General Welfare
500
List 5 of the Principles of Government
Popular Sovereignty, Checks and Balances, Rule of Law (Limited Government), Separation of Powers, Federalism, Majority Rule, Judicial Review