Cabinet Departments
Executive Office Agencies
Independent Agencies
Grab-bag
Vocabulary
100

The Coast Guard falls under which Department?

What is the Dept. of Homeland Security.

100

This council is responsible for protecting the country by advising the President in all matters affecting the nation's security.

What is the National Security Council.

100

This independent agency was created in 1958 to handle our nation's space program.

What is NASA.

100

With nearly 2.7 million employees, this is the nation's largest employer.

What is the Federal Government.

100

A shape, and a small group of the President's most senior advisors are called this.

What is his inner circle.

200

The Bureau of Indian Affairs falls within which Department?

What is the Department of the Interior.

200

This is the largest and most influential of the Executive Offices.

What is the Office of Management and Budget.

200

This agency is tasked with protecting the environment and by extension our citizens. 

What is the EPA.

200

Which President does Mr. Rosebrock believe is the "uncool" one?

Who was Richard Nixon.

200

The 12-month period used by government and businesses for record keeping is called this. 

What is a fiscal year.

300

Which two departments have the largest responsibility to protect the nation?

What is the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security.

300

This Executive Office Agency prepares an annual drug control strategy.

What is the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

300

This agency which helps millions of people share things every day, was explicitly authorized by the constitution.

What is the United States Postal Service.

300

The Selective Service Act of 1917 provided more than half of the men who served in WWI. It is more commonly referred to as this. 

What is the draft.

300

System by which most federal employees were hired under in the 1800's. 

What is patronage or spoils system.
400

The IRS is an agency under which department?

What is the Department of the Treasury.

400

Is responsible for developing and coordinating U.S. international trade, direct investment policy, and overseeing negotiations with other countries

What is the Office of the US Trade Representative

400

This agency's primary mission is to collect, analyze, and evaluate foreign intelligence to assist the President and senior US government policymakers in making decisions relating to national security. 

What is the CIA.

400

This President persuaded Congress to establish the Executive Office of the President in 1939. It is an umbrella agency of 900 of the President's closest advisors and assistants.

Who was Franklin Roosevelt.

400

Civilians who work for the Fed Gov are part of this service. They are career employees who are hired, paid, and promoted in accord with acts of Congress.

What is civil service.

500

Though it is a independent agency today, the NTSB, spent many years under which Department?

What is the Department of Transportation.

500

Three of the country's leading economists chosen by the President make up this Executive Office Council.

What is the Council of Economic Advisors.

500

This agency was begun by President Kennedy in 1961 to help "promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served."

What is the Peace Corps.

500

Give the full long name of each of these Federal Agencies: FBI, CIA, EPA, IRS, NASA, NTSB, USPS, and TVA

What is Fed Bureau of Investigation, Cen Int Agen, Env. Prot. Agen, Inter Rev Serv, Nat'l Aeronautics and Space Admin, Nat'l Trans Safety Board, US Postal Service, Tennessee Valley Authority.

500

The process of installing somebody into military service is called this.

What is induction.