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28 Cards in this Set
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Roles of President
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Chief of State
Chief Exec Commander in Chief Chief Citizen Chief Legislator Chief Administrator Chief of Party Chief Diplomat |
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Executive powers or Prez
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enforces laws, treaties and court decisions
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Legislative powers
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delivers annual state of the Union message
issues annual budge signs or vetoes bills |
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Diplomatiic powers
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Foreign policy
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Treaty
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agreement between two or more states
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Military powers
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commander of armed forces
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War Power Act
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restricts the President's use of troops and authorized Congress to order the troops home
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Judicial Powers
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appoints federal judges
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Pardon
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person can be let out of jail if president gives them this
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Qualifications for Prez
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Natural born citizen
Lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years At least 35 years old |
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Bureaucracy
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a large and complex group of people and agencies whose purpose is to manage government and implement policy
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The Spoils System
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Practice of victorious politicians rewarding supporters with government jobs
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Pendleton Act
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Passed after assasination of Garfield
Replaced the spoils system with a merit system as the basis for hiring and promotion |
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The Civil Service System
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administrators test to give government jobs based on merit rather than spoils system.
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Cabinet
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President's advisors, administrators of large bureaucracies.
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Independant Regulatory Commissions
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independant from the executive
regulate the nation's economy (industry and business) |
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Government Corporations
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businesses that the federal government runs
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Government Corporations
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Businesses that the federal government run
Like private corporations-charge custormers for services |
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Independant Executive Agencies
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Agencies that can't be classified as regulatory agencies ro corporations
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Line Item Veto
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President cannot take out parts of a bill that he doesn't like-unconstitutional
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Electoral College
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each state receives a number of electoral votes. If a candidate wins a state the state elector for the candidate are sent to vote
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District Plan
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electors would cast their ballot for the candidate receiving the most popular votes in that state. Candidates could gain at least the electoral vote for each congressional district
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Proportional Plan
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keep electoral college but ballot the electoral votes in the same percentages as the popular vote
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National bonus plan
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keep winnter take all system but would weigh that feature to the benefit of the winner of the popular vote
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Red Tape
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formalized rules that makes people fulfill many obligations
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Waste
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Spending too much time or money for something
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Conflict Between Agencies
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when two agencies contradict themselves
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Duplication
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when two agencies seem to be doing the same thing
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