Understanding the Structure and Functioning of US Government Agencies and Foreign Policy, Quizzes of Political Science

Download Understanding the Structure and Functioning of US Government Agencies and Foreign Policy and more Quizzes Political Science in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 govern industries in the public interest DEFINITION 1 regulatory comissions TERM 2 public, but close to the govt ex: Post Office DEFINITION 2 Government Corperations TERM 3 Independent og government DEFINITION 3 Independent executive agencies TERM 4 the common misconception about the cabinet is that it DEFINITION 4 makes decisions and meets all the time TERM 5 the cabinet is very--- in that the VA has been around since the civil war DEFINITION 5 symbolic TERM 6 what departments make up the inner cabinet? DEFINITION 6 state, treasury, defence, and justice TERM 7 what is "succession" in the cabinet? DEFINITION 7 the order in which the officials walk in TERM 8 The department of the interior is also known as ---- DEFINITION 8 "The Department of Western Affairs" TERM 9 The department of the interior has what kind of structure? DEFINITION 9 "Holding Company Structure" TERM 10 Which department is the youngest agency and is formed from other agencies? DEFINITION 10 The Department of Homeland Security TERM 21 what is the principle diplomatic agency of the state? DEFINITION 21 Department of state TERM 22 which department manages embasies/ visas DEFINITION 22 Department of State TERM 23 The Department of State is nicknamed DEFINITION 23 Foggy Bottom TERM 24 Which position is not subject to senate confirmation or affiliated with any department? DEFINITION 24 independent advisor TERM 25 ---------- was jokingly called "JFK's Little State Department" DEFINITION 25 NSA TERM 26 Which Management style did FDR and LBJ use? DEFINITION 26 Competitive TERM 27 which management style did Truman, JFK, Clinton, and Obama use? DEFINITION 27 spokes of the wheel TERM 28 which management style did Nixon, eisenhour, Bush I and Bush II use? DEFINITION 28 hierarchal TERM 29 Which management style did Carter and Reigen use? DEFINITION 29 Anarchic TERM 30 chief lesson learned from WWII DEFINITION 30 peace is not a natural condition TERM 31 Munich Analogy is a warning of DEFINITION 31 the bad results of appeasing potential aggressors TERM 32 before wwii american foreign policy was DEFINITION 32 isolationist TERM 33 -------- made it apparent that the US must play a role in foreign affairs DEFINITION 33 The Cold War TERM 34 US entered cold war bc DEFINITION 34 Communism was our biggest threat and we needed to prevent the spread of the soviet union TERM 35 for most of the postwar period, US policy was based on DEFINITION 35 nucleur deterence TERM 46 LBJ is famouse for the DEFINITION 46 vietnam quagmire TERM 47 first televised war DEFINITION 47 vietnam TERM 48 how did Vietnam end? DEFINITION 48 eventually wound itself down TERM 49 rolling thunder DEFINITION 49 air strikes on vietnam TERM 50 vietnamization DEFINITION 50 nixons plan to take some of our troops out and encourage vietnamese to fight TERM 51 Detante DEFINITION 51 easing of relations bt soviet union and united states under nixon TERM 52 Salt I DEFINITION 52 under Nixon, stopped further production of icbms TERM 53 ABM treaty DEFINITION 53 limited anti ballistic missiles TERM 54 who went to china to make peace with mao? DEFINITION 54 nixon TERM 55 who initiated the first arms control treaty? DEFINITION 55 kissinger TERM 56 which president was all about :human rights? DEFINITION 56 carter TERM 57 "tear down this wall mr. gorbachev" DEFINITION 57 Reagan TERM 58 who did not like detante DEFINITION 58 reagan TERM 59 who was the "foreign policy president?" DEFINITION 59 GHW bush TERM 60 who is responsible for liberal interventionism in haiti and bosnia? DEFINITION 60 clinton