AP Government
Unit 5 Flashcard assignment – due at end of period TODAY
-- Turn in Weekly articles – REMEMBER, your comparative article chart is due MONDAY
-- Unit 5 Test over Ch 12, 13, & 17 is TUESDAY
1. Log in to computer and go to
www.quizlet.com
2. Click on SIGN UP (in upper right-hand corner)
3. On the left side (under Get a Quizlet Account)
for USER NAME, use your first initial then last name (no dot in between)
for PASSWORD, use apgov
must have an e-mail address (start a gmail account? – they’re free – so you can check it at school)
Make sure you use an e-mail that you can check & confirm here at school today because you
can’t do the 2nd part without confirming your e-mail.
enter your birthday
4. Click CONTINUE TO FREE QUIZLET
5. Click on the box that says MAKE FLASHCARDS
6. Under About your flashcard set, for the Title use: Exec Br Miss R
followed by your user name
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DO IT THIS WAY SO EVERYONE CAN FIND IT TO REVIEW
7. For Description, type in Important Terms
8. Leave the settings as Visible: to everyone and Editors: just me
9. Under OPTIONAL INFORMATION, for Subjects, type in AP Gov
10. For each column, choose ENGLISH as the language
11. Now, create 5 flashcards on important terms from this unit, typing the term on the left and the detailed
description on the right. (MAKE SURE ALL THE TERMS LISTED BELOW ARE COVERED BY
SOMEONE) DO NOT use the “auto-define” option, but instead type a definition from your notes.
Be sure that your definitions are SPECIFIC TO THIS UNIT! If you can’t find them, look them up online.
For Cabinet Departments, describe what each does and name the current secretary.
SIGN UP ON THE SHEET FOR WHAT TERMS YOU ARE DOING
12. Click CREATE SET, then on “Print List” under All __ Terms -
Turn this in w/ your name on it!
13. Go to your e-mail and confirm, then on the Quizlet page SEARCH for:
Exec Br Miss R
Hopefully, you’ll be able to see everyone’s quizzes.
If you can’t check your e-mail to sign on – use User: rzchowskid PW: apgov and play existing
flashcards about Executive/Presidential/Bureaucracy
Take each other’s quizzes. (Make sure you Uncheck the BOTH SIDES box. You will see two
UNCHECKED boxes. Leave them that way and when you see the flashcard, you’ll see the definition
first and have to guess the term. Complete at least 5 quizzes!
TERM
NAME
TERM
Enumerated Power
Inherent Power
Delegated Power
Mandate
Divided Government
Gridlock
Executive Office of
the President
Cabinet
12th amendment
Constitutional duties of
Vice-President
Constitutional
requirements for Pres
20th amendment
22nd amendment
25th amendment
Order of Presidential
succession to 5 places
Chief of Staff
Press Secretary
Legislative liaison
Hierarchical model
Competitive model
Professional Reputation
(Neustadt)
Public Prestige
(Neustadt)
Political capital
Barber’s theory of
Presidential character
Line item veto
Clinton v City of NY
Impoundment
Executive Privilege
US v Nixon
Executive Order
Bully Pulpit
War Powers Resolution
Boland Amendment
Executive Agreement
Recess Appointment
Legislative veto
Patronage
Pendleton Act
Civil Service
Bureaucracy
NAME
TERM
NAME
TERM
Administrative
Discretion
Incrementalism
Rule Making
Pros of Deregulation
Cons of Deregulation
Non profits
Issue Network
Iron Triangle
Characteristics of
Bureaucracy
Devolution
Reasons for growth of
bureaucracy
Privatization
Deregulation
Government
corporations
Independent Regulatory
Agencies/Commissions
Independent Executive
Agencies
Ways President can
control bureaucracy
Ways Congress can
control bureaucracy
legislative intent
going native
public policy
distributive policies
redistributive policies
regulatory policies
incentive
disincentive
Role of nonprofits in
policy
Implementation
agenda-setting
policy evaluation
imperial presidency
judicial powers of
president
Hatch Act
pocket veto
revolving door
unfunded mandate
presidential mandate
National Security
Advisor
Dept of State
Dept of Treasury
Dept of Defense
Dept of Justice
NAME
TERM
NAME
TERM
Dept of the Interior
Dept of Agriculture
Dept of Commerce
Dept of Labor
Dept of Health &
Human Services
Dept of Housing &
Urban Development
Dept of Transportation
Dept of Energy
Dept of Education
Dept of Veterans Affairs
Dept of Homeland
Security
NAME