Unit 8 List 1 Vocab Flashcards

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Independent executive agencies

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Term that includes most independent agencies, including NASA and the EPA

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Independent agency

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One of the large number of government agencies located outside of the Cabinet departments

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Administration

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The officials in the executive branch of a government and their policies and principles

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Spoils system

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Andrew Jackson’s practice of giving offices and other favors to those who have been political supporters

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Secretary

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The head of each of the Cabinet departments

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Patronage

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Synonym for the spoils system, where a politician will provide jobs to his/her political supporters

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Quasi-judicial

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Powers of an independent agencies that allow it to enforce the rules it creates by imposing punishments

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Bureaucracy

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A large, complex administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organization

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Attorney General

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The head of the Justice Department

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Executive Office of the President

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Umbrella agency made up of several separate agencies staffed by the President’s closest advisers and assistants