1. Federal Bureaucracy Jeopardy

2. This system of patronage involves the firing of administrative personnel not loyal to the new president’s party to reward those who assisted in the president’s election.

3. Spoils System

4. Established to address unfair business practices like price fixing, this independent regulatory commission was the first of its kind.

5. Interstate Commerce Commission (post Civil War)

6. The Department of Agriculture was established to assist in the efficient distribution of food during this major event.

7. The Civil War

8. The Progressive Republican President established the Department of Commerce and Labor to address employer/employee issues.

9. Theodore Roosevelt

10. To provide opportunities to newly returning veterans to enter college and buy homes this legislation was passed at the end of WWII.

11. The GI Bill

12. Under the Department of Commerce, this independent regulatory agency protects small business from unfair business practices and approves corporate mergers

13. Federal Trade Commission

14. FDR’s New Deal and LBJ’s Great Society marked an era where the growth in the federal bureaucracy was influenced to address this.

15. Social problems

16. The General Schedule (GS) determines this.

17. Pay level of federal employees

18. The passenger train industry was nationalized due to lack of profitability which led to the creation of this government corporation

19. Amtrak

20. This private contractor was enlisted to fill bureaucratic positions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

21. Blackwater

22. The Federal Employees Political Activities Act of 1993 replaced this previous legislation that many argued was too extreme in its attempt to keep federal employees from being involved in political activities

23. Hatch Act

24. This legislation was enacted due to criticism of the spoils system and set up the first civil service system so that employment of 90% of federal employees was based on merit.

25. Pendleton Act (Civil Service Reform Act in 1883)

26. This is a quasi-legislative administrative process that has the characteristics of a legislative act utilized by the federal bureaucracy

27. Rule-making

28. This control of the federal bureaucracy by Congress can result in a program not being implemented due to lack of funding

29. Power of the Purse (Appropriations)

30. Appointive policy-making positions, independent regulatory commissioners, and non-policy patronage positions represent this portion of the federal bureaucracy. Hint: (%)

31. 10%

32. A quasi-judicial process in which bureaucratic agencies settle disputes

33. Administrative adjudication

34. This agency was ordered by Congress to overhaul the way in which it conducts audits.

35. The IRS

36. President Johnson used this method to amend an agency regulation to prohibit discrimination on the basis of ‘gender’ when awarding government contracts.

37. Executive order

38. Congress in its oversight function held hearings to hold this agency accountable for its bad decisions after Hurricane Katrina.

39. FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

40. This organization assists Congress in its oversight of the bureaucracy’s financial affairs and how money is spent.

41. Government Account Office GAO or The Congressional Budget Office CBO