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AP U.S.

Government and Politics 2020-21


North Farmington High School
Instructor: T. Seremet [email protected] VM- 71905

Syllabus – Unit V - Political Institutions – Executive Branch & the Bureaucracy

OBJECTIVE: The Articles of Confederation neglected this branch, but the U.S. Constitution zeroed in on
establishing a leader who would have to work with Congress in perpetuating a democratic society. The
President is given few distinctive formal powers, but, over time, has established effective informal powers in
managing what has become a huge bureaucracy. As the country has grown, presidential powers have
evolved. The student will:
1. explain the formal and informal executive powers.
2. determine how the federal bureaucracy functions.
3. describe how the executive branch fits into the budget development process.
4. describe how the executive branch balances its power with the judicial branch.
5. determine qualities of leadership of a president.

SCEDULE: Tues. 12/4 Best Presidential Candidate - Qualities of Leadership. Wed. 12/5 Former
Presidents & Trump’s White House. Reading for Thurs. 12/6: Ch.13 pp.394-397 = How Presidents
Got There. Reading for Fri. 12/7: Ch.13 pp.398-407 = Exec. Fundamentals and Powers. Reading for
Mon. 12/10: Ch.13 pp.407-420 = Presidential Roles. Reading for Tues. 12/11: Ch.13 pp.420-431 =
The Public Presidency. Wed. 12/12 – Quiz. Thurs. 12/13: Reading for Fri. 12/14: Ch.15 pp.466-
474 = Bureaucrats. Reading for Mon. 12/17: Ch.15 pp.474-478 = The Cabinet & Agencies. Reading
for Tues. 12/18: Ch.15 pp.479-488 = Implementors. Reading for Wed. 12/19: Ch.15 pp.488-502 =
Regulators. Thurs. 12/20 –Take-Home Essay Exam Fri. 12/21- MC Exam

GRADED ITEMS: Quiz 12/12 (Ch.13), MC Exam 12/21 & Essay 12/21.

TERMS:
Chapter 13 (pp.390-432) Chapter 15 (pp.466-502)
1. power to persuade 28. bureaucracy
2. Twenty-second Amendment 29. Weberian Model
3. impeachment 30. patronage
4. Clinton’s impeachment 31. civil service
5. Watergate 32. Pendleton Civil Service Act
6. U.S. v. Nixon (1974) / executive privilege 33. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
7. Twenty-fifth Amendment 34. the plum book
8. Constitutional requirements 35. Cabinet
9. Constitutional powers 36. Cabinet Departments
10. presidential roles (10) 37. independent regulatory agencies
11. cabinet 38. FCC / FTC / SEC
12. Executive Office of the President (EOP) 39. government corporations
13. National Security Council (NSC) 40. independent executive agencies
14. Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) 41. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
15. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 42. policy implementation (NASA)
16. chief of staff - WHO 43. standard operating procedures (SOPs)
17. veto 44. administrative discretion
18. pocket veto 45. street-level bureaucrats
19. line-item veto 46. regulation
20. presidential coattails 47. Munn v. Illinois (1877) - ICC
21. electoral mandate 48. deregulation
22. executive agreement 49. command and control policy
23. War Powers Act 50. incentive system
24. legislative veto 51. executive orders
25. crisis management 52. iron triangles/ subgovernments / issue
26. public support and approval networks
27. press secretary

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