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WorksheetsAmerican Gov't Spring 2021
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins
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
The first President to appoint a Hispanic/Latino to the Cabinet was...
A. Lincoln
FDR
LBJ
R. M. Nixon
R. W. Reagan
Concerning the role of the Cabinet (and before the passage of the 25th Amendment), which former President stated, "The Constitution...contains no suggestion of a meeting of all the department heads, in consultation over general governmental matters. The Cabinet is a mere creation of the President's will...It exists only by custom. If the President desired to dispense with it, he could do so.
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Name the largest independent agency today employing over 65,000 people.
Social Security Administration (SSA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Health and Human Services (HHS)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The government's major crop-loan and subsidy agency is the ....
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Better Business Bureau (BBB)
The First Congress created each of the following Departments in 1789......
Department of State
Department of Treasury
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of War
Of the following, which executive department is the youngest?
Department of State
Department of Treasury
Department of Defense
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
In 1966, President Lyndon Baines Johnson selected the first
{blank} to serve in the Cabinet.
Woman
African American
Hispanic American
LGBTQ American
The first Hispanic Cabinet officer , Lauro F. Cavazos was appointed by President Reagan in 1988. Which Cabinet office did Cavazos fill?
Department of Education
Department of Defense
Department of Commerce
Department of State
Department of Agriculture
The current Cabinet Secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development is a retired neurosurgeon who ran against President Trump for the Republican nomination for President in 2016. Name this Cabinet Secretary
Ted Cruz
Ted Yoho
Betsy DeVos
Ben Carson
Elaine Chao
Every officer, every employee, and every agency in the executive branch of the Federal Government is legally subordinate to...........................
Congress
Supreme Court
President
Mayor of their town
Governor of their state
Congress has declared that those who want to borrow money by issuing stocks, bonds, or other securities must provide a " full and fair disclosure" of all pertinent information to prospective investors. The independent regulatory body that monitors these activities is called.....
Environmental Protection Agency
Securities and Exchange Commission
The Banking Guild
American Fair Banking Commission
Congressional Banking Office
Congress established the first government corporation when it chartered this corporation, in 1791.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Bank of the United States
Several of the ways that government corporations are different than private corporations are below. Select only the ways in which government corporations operate
Makes a profit beyond what is invested back into the business.
Financed by public funds.
President selects top officers with Senate approval.
Investors decide purpose and function of the corporation.
Federal Government owns stock
The severe recession that struck the nation's economy in 2007-2008 prompted the passage of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010. What regulatory agency was created under this act?
Federal Communication Commission (FCC)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Tennessee Valley Authority
He wrote in The Federalist No. 72, "the actual conduct of the America's foreign affairs would be in the hands of the assistants or deputies of the chief magistrate." Who was this statesman?
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
none of the above
Sec 9.1 _____________________ is one who owes allegiance to United States and is entitled to both its protection and the privileges of its laws.
alien
American citizen
expatriation
deportation
jus sanguinis
