2. Define the following vocabulary terms in your Warm-Up Section: Government Corporation Regulator Commission Political Appointee Civil Service System Spoils System Merit System End

3. 1 Doc. Analysis Practice2 The Bill of Rights 3The Most Important Rights4 Bill of Rights Mysteries 5Making Connections 6 Your 1 st Bill of Rights 7Amendments 11-198 Amendments 20-27 9Structure of Congress10 Congressional Apportionment 11The Powers of Congress12 Expressed and Implied Powers 13How Congress Works14 Congress in a FLASH 15How a Bill Becomes a Law16 How a Bill Becomes a Law 17I’m Just a Bill18 Why We Need Congress 19The President & Vice President20 All in a Day’s Work 21 The President’s Powers & Roles 22 The President’s Powers & Roles 23Making Foreign Policy24 A Very Big Branch 25 How the Executive Branch Works 26 Executive vs Legislative 2728 2930 3132 3334

4. Based on the slides, describe the and answer the terms and questions below. Define & Answer Executive Office Agencies (2) President’s Cabinet Federal Bureaucracy Government Workers EQ : Is there only one leader leading the United States? Why or why not? 25

5. Executive Office Agencies (1) When Thomas Jefferson became president, there were only a few people in the Executive Branch. However, over the course of the years, it has expanded to nearly 2,000 people. One of the most important people is the Chief of Staff who supervises much of the workers and sets the President’s schedule The Office of Management & Budget (OMB) prepares the federal budget, including the President’s budget and all the departments in the executive branch.

6. Executive Office Agencies (2) The National Security Council (NSC) advises on national security. This includes the Vice President, the Securities of State, and Defense, and Chairperson of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (the top commanders of armed forces). – The National Security Advisor heads the NSC The Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) helps the President with his role of economic leader and to provide advice on the economic policy. The President names the head of the CEA and the Senate must approve it.

7. President’s Cabinet The Head of each department is in the presidential cabinet. All of them are called secretaries except the Attorney General who leads the Department of Justice. Their responsibilities are to give advice based on their departments, and to carry out their plans.

8. Federal Bureaucracy All the agencies and employees that help make government policies. They: 1.Write plans 2.Carry out the plans 3.Oversee the activities of the plans Independent Agencies are not in the cabinet, but work with the executive branch (NASA, CIA, EPA) Government Corporations are owned by the government (USPS, FPL) Regulatory Commissions protect the public (FCC, CPSC)

9. Government Workers Top people in department are usually political appointees chosen by the President. (Some friends of the President or people who support him can get these jobs, and is the spoils system) The Civil Service System includes clerks, rangers, lawyers and others who take a test to get their job. – This is called the merit system because they get their job based off of ability and skills.

10. Executive vs. Legislative Compare and Contrast the similarities and differences in jobs between the Executive and Legislative branches 26 Executive Jobs Legislative Jobs Similar Jobs