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Admin Law by Hall 3rd ed Chapter 2

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form of government founded in ancient Rome   Democracy  
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a form of direct popular government   Democracy  
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form of government where people vote on and direct all important issues   Democracy  
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form of government founded in ancient Athens   Republic  
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form of government where people elect representatives who make laws for the people   Republic  
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name of the first written constitution of the United States   Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union  
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The year that the first constitution was adopted   1781  
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Year the new constitution was drafted and enacted   1787 and 1789  
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two structural elements found in the constitution intended to keep and single group or person in government from becoming too powerful   federalism and separation of powers  
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two forms of government recognized in the Constitution   the federal (national) and the states  
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amendment that outlines powers of states and the people   tenth amendment  
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constitutional provision that lists the powers of Congress   Article 1, section 8  
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Clause that allows Congress may enact all laws necessary and proper to carry out Congress's other enumerated powers   Necessary and Proper clause  
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clause which provides that properly enacted federal laws are superior to all state and local laws   Supremacy clause  
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clause that states that Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce, commerce with foreign nations, and commerce with Indian tribes   Commerce clause  
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the division of governmental power between the federal and state governments   federalism  
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areas where both governments may regulate   concurrent jurisdiction  
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vertical division of power   federalism  
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horizontal division of power   separation of powers  
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the division of power into three branches   separation of powers  
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branch of government responsible for administering and enforcing the laws of the government   executive branch  
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a written law enacted by a legislative body   statute  
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branch of government responsible for administering justice, resolving disputes, and interpreting the law   judicial branch  
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branch of government responsible for creation of law   legislative branch  
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purpose of the doctines of federalism and the separation of powers   prevent the centralization of power in one person or group  
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a rational management system   bureaucracy  
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the management systems of the United States   bureaucracy  
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who creates, defines, and funds agencies   the Congress  
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greater in foreign affairs that in domestic matters   the executive's authority  
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purpose of independent agencies   keep them free from politics  
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movement to detach bureaucracy from the political branched of government   reason president is unable to control the government  
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the size of agencies   reason president is unable to control the government  
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the system of checks and balances   reason president is unable to control the government  
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president is direct head of executive agencies   presidential control over agencies  
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president can recommend to Congress agency reorginizations and amendments to enabling laws   presidential control over agencies  
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president has some authority to establish policy through executive orders   presidential control over agencies  
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president plays a role in the appointment of agency heads   presidential control over agencies  
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how the president can establish policy   executive orders  
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to improve the efficiency and quality of agency decisions by reducing the degree to which the agency head is influenced by politics   primary reason Congress limits the presidential removal powers  
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good cause, inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance of office   limitations on the removal of independent agency officers  
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a mechanism used by Congress to invalidate agency action that falls short of the constitutional method of making law   legislative veto  
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