Federal Bureaucracy Independence Independent Agencies Mixed Bag Powers of Congress

-This is the term for all the people who work for the government? Row Question

-bureaucracy Row Answer

-This term refers to the sometimes unnecessary paperwork that is required by the government in order to insure due process. Row Question

-red tape Row Answer

-This was the system of giving government jobs to friends or supporters? Row Question

-spoils system /. patronage Row Answer

-This is the system of giving government positions to those who are well qualified for those positions by administering job-specific tests. Row Question

-merit system / Pendelton Act Row Answer

-How are the most qualified candidates measured? Row Question

-job specific tests Row Answer

-Who was asked to write the main portion of the Declaration? Row Question

-Thomas Jefferson Row Answer

-When was the Declaration finally issued? Row Question

-July Row Answer

Row Question -What philosopher’s ideas are very prominent in the Declaration?

-John Locke Row Answer

Row Question -The main body of the Declaration contains a list of grievances against whom?

-King George III Row Answer

-What is another name for a Loyalist? Row Question

-Tory Row Answer

-This independent agency that oversees the pension program for the elderly and the disabled. Row Question

-Social Security Row Answer

-This executive agency that works to collect information about foreign nations. Row Question

-CIA Row Answer

-This executive agency works to protect the environment? Row Question

-EPA Row Answer

-This commission controls the nation’s banking system? Row Question

-Federal Reserve Row Answer

-This commission controls the activities of the media? Row Question

-FCC Row Answer

-Congress is described in this part of the Constitution? Row Question

-Article One Row Answer

-These are the powers not specifically written in the Constitution that Congress uses? Row Question

-Implied Powers Row Answer

-Which part of Congress chooses a President if no one wins the Electoral College? Row Question

-House Row Answer

-Which part of Congress must approve all treaties? Row Question

-Senate Row Answer

-This is a power of the House of Representatives whereby all revenue producing bills must be introduced in the House of Representatives? Row Question

-Power of the Purse Row Answer

-Name the first national government of the nation? Row Question

-Articles of Confederation Row Answer

-This English philosopher wrote about the natural rights of man? Row Question

-John Locke Row Answer

-This was the pamphlet that urged colonists to support the independence movement? Row Question

-Common Sense Row Answer

-This phrase became the protest slogan of the colonists when British taxation began? Row Question

-No Taxation without representation Row Answer

-What religious group was the Pennsylvania colony founded to welcome? Row Question

-Quakers Row Answer