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