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| a large, complex organization made up of appointed officials |
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| the swapping of political support for a government position |
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| the ability to do the job |
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| created the Civil Service Commission for the purpose of distributing government jobs based on merit |
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| Who supported the Pendleton Act? |
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| a collection of legislative propsals aimed at providing socialist benefits such as government financed pensions and health care |
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| The _____ are the closest to the President and therefore are most subject to his direct control. |
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| The _____ either perform a single function or regulate some aspect of society. |
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| The _____ are the businesses, some of them monopolies, of the federal government. |
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| The fifteen heads of the executive departments form the President's _____. These department heads are called _____. |
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| independent executive agencies |
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| Agencies that tend to have a single function and report directly to the President are called _____. |
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| independent regulatory agencies |
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| Other agencies that have been created by Congress to regulate some area of American life are called _____. |
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| Laws created by legislatures are called _____. |
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| The first legal statutory publications are called _____. |
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| The process of rule making is called _____. |
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| The newest type of federal agency that is a public company that operates a quasi-business enterprise. |
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| administrative-law judges (ALJs) |
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| A special group of judges who preside over informal, little-publicized cases arising out of agency decisions. |
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| Who have been referred to as the "hidden judiciary"? |
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| One area of American life that is seriously threatened is our _____. |
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| The government annually spends more than it receives in revenue. |
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