Ch13: Presidency Basics
The President's role as the "representative of all people"
Non-binding pacts created by the President with leaders of foreign nations.
What are Executive Agreements?
Businesses run by the U.S. government as independent agencies, the profits of which can be reinvested in the business.
What are Government Corporations?
The number one highest expense of the Federal Government.
Social Security/Health Care
What are the three departments of the U.S. military?
Air Force, Army, and Navy
The 3 Qualifications of President are:
Be a natural-born citizen
Lived in the U.S. last 14 years
And...
Be at least 35 years old.
Term painting the President as a dictator or emperor, with powers beyond the scope of what the founders envisioned.
If an agency or department of the Executive Branch is given powers by Congress similar to the other two branches it is called...
Quasi-Judicial or Quasi-Legislative
Spending seen as "optional" or able to fluctuate greatly depending on the administration. (And what is the highest category of this spending)
Discretionary Spending (Defense/Military)
The vague term describing the U.S. policy to focus on domestic affairs rather than international ones.
What is Isolationism?
The institution criticized for its anti-democratic nature and its enlarged importance in U.S. elections.
What is the Electoral College?
Limitations of the Executive Order
They help enforce existing laws, not alter/destroy them.
The President's ability to replace the entire cabinet and important heads of major departments.
What is the Spoils System? (Patronage also acceptable)
When a government is spending more than it earns, often also called "going in the red".
Deficit
The policy of pulling in civilians to become soldiers during wartime. (And when was it last implemented?)
The Draft (Vietnam)
One sees all delegates support the candidate with the preference vote, the other has delegates continue to support their candidate regardless of who won the majority vote.
What is Winner-Take-All vs Proportional Representation
Why does recognition matter to foreign countries?
Ability to join international organizations, form alliances, gain favorable trade agreements, etc.
The three features of Bureaucracy are...
Hierarchical Authority (Chain of Command)
Job Specialization
Formalized Rules
What are the three major types of federal taxes?
Property, Sales, and Income.
The department in charge of counter-terrorism, created after 9/11 to protect U.S. domestic infrastructure.
The Office of Homeland Security
The conventions where each party chooses their final candidate to run in the next election.
What are National Conventions?
What resolution was passed by Congress after Vietnam to limit Presidential power? Setting a 60-day limit on deployments of armed forces.
The War Powers Resolution
The term for when certain bodies of the Federal Government have a mix of two or more political parties to ensure cooperation and less bias.
Bipartisan
Type of tax on specific goods like gasoline.
Excise Tax
In 1-2 words, describe the U.S. foreign policy: Before WW1, During WW2, During the Cold War, and then in the Modern Day.
1. Isolationist
2. Collective Security
3. Containment
4. Détente/Maintaining World Peace