American Gov't Spring 2021

The Executive Branch--Each executive branch agency was created by at act of ___________________.

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Presidential Executive Order

• Space Force Military High Command

The use of acronyms for federal agencies can sometimes cause problems. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was renamed because its old acronym was.....

• B. O. M. B.

• T. U. R. D

• B. A. D. A. Z. Z.

• D. U. M. B.

Pg. 238 The titles given to many units that make up the executive branch may vary a great deal. What name is reserved of agencies of "Cabinet rank"?

• Agency

• Branch

• Bureau

• Corporation

• Department

The chief organizational feature of the federal bureaucracy is its division in areas of _____________________.

• administration

• authority

• hierarchy

• service

• specialization

By definition, a bureaucracy is a system of organization built on three principles:

• hierarchical authority

• religion

• pyramid power

• job specialization

• formalized rules

These agencies make up the Executive Office of the President (EOP).....

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Coast Guard

• National Security Council Office of Management and Budget

• White House

• Office of Policy Development

Congress did not provide any money for Presidential staff until

• 1776

• 1812

• 1857

• 1920

• 2001

Service members must ordinarily wait _________ years before they are eligible to serve as Secretary of Defense because civilian control of the military is a pillar of American democracy. But President-elect Biden, and two other Presidents requested a waiver of this rule by Congress. President-elect Biden's waiver (if approved) will allow General Lloyd Austin to serve as the first ever African American Secretary of Defense. Which Presidents also received waiver of the seven year rule for their Secretary of Defense nominee?

• Dwight David Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon Baines Johnson

• Richard Milhous Nixon

• James Earl Carter

The first President to appoint a woman to the Cabinet was...

• Abraham Lincoln

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Lyndon Baines Johnson

• Richard Milhous Nixon

• Ronald Wilson Reagan

The first President to appoint an African American to the Cabinet was

• A. Lincoln

• F. D. Roosevelt

• L. B. Johnson

• R. M. Nixon

• R. W. Reagan