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AP Government - Chapter 12 Vocabulary

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Chapter 12 Terms
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Divided Government   show
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show A government in which the same party controls both the white house and both houses of congress.  
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Representative Democracy   show
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show A political system in which all or most citizens participate directly by either holidng office or making policy. The town meeting, in which citizens vote on major issues, is an example of participatory democracy.  
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show A method of organizing a president's staff in which mot presidential assistance report through a hierarchy to the president's chief of staff.  
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show A method of organizing a president's staff in which several presidential assistants report directly to the president.  
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Ad Hoc Structure   show
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Perks   show
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show By custom, the cabinet includes the heads of the fourteen major executive departments.  
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show One of two ways for a pesident to disapprove a bill sent to him by Congress. The veto messae must be sent to Congress within ten days after the presdient receives the bill.  
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Pocket Veto   show
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show The power of an executive to veto some provisions in an appropriations bill while approving others. The president does not have the right to exercise a line-item veto and must apporve or reject an entire appropriations bill.  
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show The view that an elected representative should act on his or her own best judgment of what public policy requires.  
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Delegate model   show
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Legislative veto   show
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Impeachment   show
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show A politician who is still in office after having lost a reelection bid.  
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