Chapter 12 Bureaucracy

Regulations for hiring federal employees are set down by what?

• Pendleton Act

• Hatch Act

• Office of Personnel Management

• Civil Service Commission

What established the Civil Service Commission?

• Pendleton Act

• Hatch Act

• Dawes Act

• Wagner Act

What act limited the political activities of government employees?

• Dawes Act

• Hatch Act

• Pendleton Act

• Wagner Act

What is the name of the president’s frontline staff, usually composed of his close friends and supporters?

• cabinet

• White House Office

• his party's national committee

• Congressional Staff

The U.S. Postal Service is an example of what type of agency?

• regulatory

• government corporation

• independent executive agency

• cabinet

What was the first regulatory agency?

• Federal Reserve Board

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Federal Trade Commission

• Interstate Commerce Commission

What agency was created to generate, sell, and distribute electric power?

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Department of Energy

• Rural Electrification Administration

• Electric Cooperative Administration

What act allowed citizens access to formerly closed-door meetings by requiring federal agencies to hold well-announced public hearings?

• Sunshine Act

• Open Records Act

• Freedom of Information Act

• Whistleblower Act

Who started the spoils system?

• Andrew Johnson

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

• George Washington

The assassination of which president led to the creation of the Civil Service Commission?

• McKinley

• Garfield

• Lincoln

• Kennedy