This Executive Branch vocabulary quiz covers the most important vocabulary words with respect to the U.S. President and the Federal Bureaucracy. The terms on this test deal with all aspects of the Executive Branch including Presidential elections, powers, limitations on powers, the Vice Presidency, and the Bureaucracy.
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Question 1 |
A pact between the executive branch of the U.S. government and a foreign government, without ratification by the Senate.
Executive order | |
Executive agreement | |
Treaty | |
Free trade agreement |
Question 2 |
A large and complex organization of non-elected officials.
Interest Group | |
Bureaucracy | |
Iron Triangle | |
527 Group |
Question 3 |
The presidential power to nullify specific provisions within a bill, which was found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Pocket veto | |
Filibuster | |
Line-item veto | |
Franking privilege |
Question 4 |
A broad alliance of interest groups, individuals, journalists, policy experts, and researchers who unite in order to promote a change in government policy.
Iron triangle | |
Conference committee | |
Political party | |
Issue network |
Question 5 |
Legally binding rules that are issued by the President to federal agencies.
Executive orders | |
Policy agendas | |
Executive agreements | |
Executive privileges |
Question 6 |
A policy-making alliance between congressional committees, interest groups, and the bureaucracy.
Caucus | |
Issue network | |
Hierarchy | |
Iron triangle |
Question 7 |
The period of time between the elections in November and the inauguration of the newly elected officials early the next year.
Lame duck period | |
Cooling off period | |
Lemon test | |
Judicial review |
Question 8 |
The Act that prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 | |
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 | |
Federal Election Campaign Act | |
Hatch Act of 1939 |
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