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GOVT 2305 Spiker Rainey Spring 2015 Intersession Exam 3
Kylie Corbin
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 2
05/30/2015

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Which Article defines the President's powers
Definition
Article II
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Who was most closely associated with the Whig theory?
Definition
James Buchanan
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Stewardship Theory
Definition
strong presidency that is limited not by what the constitution allows but by what it prohibits
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What ended the Whig Presidency?
Definition
The new deal
Term
Open Party Caucuses
Definition
meetings open to any registered party voter who wants to attend.
Term
What three principles is Bureaucracy based on?
Definition
Hierarchal authority, Job specialization, and formalized rules
Term
Job specialization
Definition
explicitly defined duties for each job position and to a precise division of labor within the organization
Term
Who provides the President advice?
Definition
Presidential Commissions
Term
How are civil servants hired?
Definition
Through a merit system
Term
Spoils System
Definition
A device fore awarding of government jobs to friends and party hacks.
Term
What is the process in which the federal budget is decided on?
Definition
Budgetary process
Term
How long is the budgetary process?
Definition
A year and a half
Term
What is the nation's highest court?
Definition
Supreme Court
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How many members are on the Supreme Court?
Definition
9 members- one chief justice and eight associate justices
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Original Jurisdiction
Definition
Authority to be the first court to hear a case
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Writ of certiorari
Definition
a request to the lower court to submit to the Supreme Court a record of the case
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What percentage of the nation's legal cases are decided by the state or local courts?
Definition
95%
Term
Economy
Definition
A system of production and consumption of goods and services that are allocated through exchange
Term
What is one way the government participates in the economy?
Definition
Regulation of privately owned businesses
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Laissez-faire economics
Definition
Private firms should be free to make their own production and distribution decisions
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