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Section 2: Guided Reading and Review
The Executive Office of the President
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2. National Security Council
3. Office of Management and Budget
4. Office of National Drug Control Policy
5. Council of Economic Advisers
6. Office of Policy Development
7. Council of Environmental Equality
8. Office of the Vice President
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10. Office of Science and Technology
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Guided Reading and Review Chapter 15, Section 2
NAME
CLASS
CHAPTER
15
DATE
Section 3 Guided Reading and Review
The Executive Departments
A. As You Read
As you read Section 3, fill in the answers to the questions below.
1. What is another name for the executive departments? ________________________________
2. What is the title for the heads of most executive departments?
________________________
3. What is the title for the head of the Department of Justice? ____________________________
4. What are the two main duties of the heads of the executive departments? ________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
5. How many executive departments are there today? __________________________________
6. About what percentage of employees of executive departments are career people, not political
appointees? ____________________________________________________________________
7. About what percentage of employees of executive departments do not work in Washington,
D.C.? __________________________________________________________________________
8. What is the role of the Cabinet?
__________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
9. What is the process for appointing the heads of executive departments?
________________
________________________________________________________________________________
10. What is the basis for the existence of the Cabinet? ____________________________________
11. When was the first woman appointed to the Cabinet? ________________________________
12. What President appointed the greatest number of women and minority members to the
Cabinet? ______________________________________________________________________
B. Reviewing Key Terms
Define the following term in the space provided.
13. executive department ____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
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