Foreign & National Security Policy
This branch controls the majority of foreign policy:
Executive branch
This market economy allows producers and consumers to make economic choices:
Mixed Market Economy
The government sponsors education because educated citizens:
- Can participate more fully in government
- Can contribute more to the economy
List two goals of government spending:
- Public Safety
- Education
- Health Care
- Reduce unemployment
- improving economic stability
This organization investigates complaints, inspects workplaces, and imposes fines and penalties:
OSHA
List two factors that influence National Security:
- Protecting citizens and nation
- Limit the spread of dangerous weapons
- Address international crises or protect allies
- Protect useful foreign resources
To fulfill their legal and financial regulations, businesses must:
- Report their revenue and earnings to the government
- Disclose information about assets they sell
List three ways citizens influence public policy:
- Registering to vote and voting at all government levels
- Attending government meetings and sharing their opinions
- Signing a petition
- Canvassing for political candidates
- Contacting their representative
A budget shows how the government plans to:
- Allocate money to programs and projects
- Operate services and departments
- Create funds to buy equipment and supplies
This program is an extension of Social Security and provides medical assistance to specifically senior citizens.
Medicare
This act was passed by Congress requiring a president to get the approval of Congress before sending troops into hostile territories:
War Powers Act
Theses were created to make businesses competitive and fair:
Financial regulations
This agency was first created during the Great Depression and helps disabled or retired citizens:
Social Security
A status of financial health in which expenditures exceed revenue:
Budget Deficit
The difference between Isolationism and Internationalism is:
In Internationalism there is a promotion of cooperation amoung nations
Name one department or agency that implements national security policy:
- Department of State
- Department of Defense
- National Security Council
- Intelligence Agencies
This independent agency oversees the regulation of finance:
Securities and Exchange Commission
A special interest groups is:
A group or organization attempting to influence legislators in favor of one particular interest or issue
A tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases:
A tax that takes a larger percentage from low-income people than from high-income people:
Progressive Taxes
Regressive Taxes
Detente is a National Security Policy practiced in the 1970's between:
The USA and communist nations
This act was passed by Congress as a direct response to 9/11. Its name stands for uniting and strengthing America by providing appropiate tools required to intercept and obstruct terriorism:
The USA PATRIOT Act
This agency assigns frequencies to television, radio, cable, and satellites:
Federal Communications Commission
This act stops political parties from raising and spending unregulated funds:
McCain-Feingold Act
The term for government spending implemented through an appropriations bill, it is also not mandatory:
Discretionary spending
A worker is offered a job working 30 hours a week at the rate of $10 per hour. When considering this offer, the worker should consider this factor to maintain a fiscally responsible budget:
The worker′s gross pay versus net pay, to determine available income