2.12 The Bureaucracy

Term: vast, hierarchical organization of executive branch employees that takes care of the federal government's business

• Issue Network

• Spoils System

• Bureaucracy

• Patronage

Which of the following is NOT a component of an iron triangle?

• Bureaucratic agency

• Congressional committee

• Public opinion

• Interest group

Historically, when the president gave jobs based on patronage this was known as:

• Spoils System

• Merit based system

• Political patronage system

• Pendleton System

What event prompted Congress to pass the Pendleton Civil Service Act to prevent giving jobs based on patronage?

• President Andrew Jackson's ignoring Chief Justice John Marshall's decision in the court case Worchester v Georgia

• Assassination of President James Garfield

• President Thomas Jefferson filling every vacancy with a member of his own party to balance the Federalists and Jeffersonians

• The establishment of federal income taxes with the passage of the 16th Amendment

All bureaucratic agencies and departments have been created by whom?

• Supreme Court

• The President

• The Cabinet

• Congress

Which part of the federal bureaucracy has a board that serves staggered terms to ensure that one president cannot completely replace all members?

• Government corporations

• Independent Commissions

• Independent Agencies

• Executive Departments

Which part of the federal bureaucracy is a combination of a government agency and a private company?

• Government Corporations

• Independent Commissions

• Independent Agencies

• Executive Departments

Term: making sure firms and companies subject to industry regulations are following those standards and provisions

• Issue Networks

• Spoils System

• Civil Service Commission

• Compliance Monitoring

What piece of legislation ended the spoils system and created the merit-based system?

• Civil Service Reform Act

• National Performance Review

• Pendleton Civil Service Act

• Office of Personnel Management

Term: multiple actors and institutions interact to produce and implement possible policies

• Iron Triangles

• Issue Networks

• Compliance Monitoring

• Office of Personnel Management