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US Politics

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Who is considered the father of modern bureaucracy? Roosevelt
With what Act was the merit system introduced in bureaucracy? Pendelton Act (Civil Service Reform Act)
What is the spoils system in bureaucracy? Where most posts are due to pratronage.
What are the White House components? 1. Chief of staff 2. Press secretary 3. Councel
What are characteristics of independent regulatory agencies? 1. They have statutory rule-making powers 2. Usually bipartisan 3. The president cannot veto
What year was the Administrative Procedure Act? 1946
What are QUANGOS? Quasi-autonomous, government supported organizations
What are characteristics of QUANGOS? 1. Similar to ALA 2. Government sponsored - private corporations chartered by Congress 3. Managerial autonomy
What is Patronage? Positions being appointed to supporters, friends, or family.
How many of the 5000 posts in bureaucratic positions are policy makers? Less than a third
What is the Pendelton Act (Civil Service Reform Act)?
What party does the elephant represent? Republicans
What party does the donkey represent? Democrats
What party does the unicorn represent? The perfect mix
How many members are in the house of representatives? 435
Who does the house of representatives represent? The population
How long is the term of a member of the house of representatives? 2 years
Who does the Senate represent? The states
How long is the term of a member of the Senate? 6 years
How many electors are there? 538
What is the magic number of electors? 270
Where is the Electoral College found in the Constitution? Article 2, section 1 (ii)
When is the nominating convention? Summer
When are the primaries and caucus? Between February and June
What are the main issues with this system? 1. Retrospective voting 2. Moral values 3. Environment 4. Economy 5. Character flaws
What year has the states determined who is qualified to vote? 1787
What year was the right to vote without race discrimination? 1870
What year was instilled direct election to US senators? 1913
What year was the right to vote without gender discriminations? 1920
What year was the poll tax outlawed? 1964
What year was the voting age lowered to 18? 1971
What are the voters' criteria? 1. Socio-economic status 2. Ideology 3. Gender and age
What are the most influential movements? 1. Adam Smith and his economic liberalism 2. French revolution and its new social design 3. The growing national sentiment in the 13 colonies
What are the founding documents? 1, Declaration of independence 2, Constitution 3. Bill of rights
How was the constitution intended to work? Meant to endure through the ages and consequently, adapted to the various crisis of human affairs
What are the constitutional principles? 1. Federalism 2. Separation of powers 3. Check and balances 4. Judicial review 5. Individual rights 6. Supremacy clause
What are characteristics of the bill of rights? 1. Political compromise 2. Consists of the first 10 amendments 3. The rest of the amendments complement the Bill of Rights and the Consitution
What is the new deal?
What was the recovery of the Great Depression attributed to? 1, The new deal 2. War contracts
How was the US after WW2? The greatest economic and military power
What are some issues post war? 1. Recession 2. 15 million veterans reintegrated into civilians 3. Reorganization of the working class
What are the consequences of the New Deal? 1. Isolationism and Neo-Isolationism 2. Limited access to other markets
What did McCarthyism bring? Fear of communism
What did Kennedy bring? New economics
What did Johnson bring? Great society and war on poverty
 

 



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