U.S. Governemnt Chapter 14-15

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  1. 3. Spending bills
  2. 7. ____ ____ of Staff has a key role in creating U.S. military policy
  3. 11. The National _____ _____ advises the President about the nation's security
  4. 13. Benefits paid out to those who qualify; the largest area of federal spending
  5. 15. build-up and show of military strength to discourage unwanted actions from other countries
  6. 16. Each bureaucrat has job ______ which defines his or her job duties and responsibilities
  7. 17. This word describes the authoritative structure of the Federal Government
  8. 20. The Office of ____ ___ ____, or OMB, helps the President produce the budget.
  9. 23. economic and military aid to other countries
  10. 25. The _____ Doctrine used deterrence to counter Soviet aggressions.
  11. 28. Spending which is not essential
  12. 29. The amount the government spends beyond its budget each year
  13. 30. the regional security alliance whose aim is to protect Western Europe
  14. 32. A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states needing 2/3 Senate consent
  15. 33. The ______ branch of the U.S. Government is defined by Article I of the Constitution
  16. 35. The _____ Doctrine warned European countries and Russia to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
  17. 39. The U.S. began to emerge as a world power after its naval and land victories in the __________
  18. 40. A ____ ____, or tariff, is a tax on imports
  19. 43. Presidential pardon power which is in effect a blanket pardon for a group of law violators
  20. 44. Organization established after World War II to help ensure world peace
  21. 45. An executive _______ is a pact between a President and the head of a foreign state which does not require senate consent
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  1. 1. The U.S. Government's foreign policy before World War II
  2. 2. The one exception to department heads, this is the chief officer of the Department of Justice
  3. 4. ______ taxes increase as income increases
  4. 5. A ______ is a form which shows how much tax a person must pay
  5. 6. Meaning mercy or leniency, the Presidential powers that apply only to federal cases
  6. 8. The Public ____ is the accumulation of all money owed by the Federal Government
  7. 9. ________veto power was the power to veto certain parts of spending and tax bills
  8. 10. Type of agency which goes out and performs the work of the federal bureaucracy
  9. 12. the ______ power is the President's power to issue executive orders
  10. 14. fees for government services (passport, toll roads, minting of coins, etc.)
  11. 18. The presidential power of ______ allows the President to shorten a person's prison sentence
  12. 19. Type of agency which supports other workers
  13. 21. the federal bureaucracy has _____ rules
  14. 22. Senatorial _______ is the custom that gives the Senate some control over the President's power to appoint officials
  15. 24. Units of cabinet rank
  16. 26. The head of each Cabinet department
  17. 27. the "nerve center" of the Executive office of the President
  18. 31. A continuing _____ approves the amount of the previous year's budget to allow the government to keep functioning if a spending bill has not been ratified
  19. 34. All agencies, people and procedures through which the Federal Government operates
  20. 36. Independent _______ Commissions have their own quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial powers
  21. 37. The specific articles of the President come from the ________
  22. 38. An ______ Presidency uses of the powers of the President without congressional approval
  23. 41. easing of tensions, notably after the U.S. withdrew from the Vietnam War
  24. 42. _______ has the "power of the purse" and the power to tax