The Executive Branch - Politics of the United States | 65 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

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List 4 offices that make up the Executive Office of the President. - ✔✔1. White House Office. 2. Office of Management and Budget. 3. National Security Council. 4. Council of Economic Advisers.... Who makes up the president's cabinet? - ✔✔The 15 heads of each department. What's the head of the Justice Department called? - ✔✔The attorney general. What are the department heads of the cabinet called (not Justice department head)? - ✔✔Secretaries. What are the 15 departments represented in the cabinet? - ✔✔State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health & Human Services, Housing & Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, Education, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security. What are the main responsibilities of the cabinet? - ✔✔To advise the President on matters that touch the departments they lead. What is the responsibility of the Department of Homeland Security? - ✔✔To protect the nation from attacks by terrorists. Approximately how many people work in the Executive branch? - ✔✔About 3 million people. The hundreds of agencies within the Executive branch and the employees of the Executive branch are called what? - ✔✔The federal bureaucracy. What are the 3 basic tasks of the federal bureaucracy that help make government policy? [Show More]

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