Chapter 17 Domestic Policy

Question 1

A set of issues to be discussed or given attention.

Answer 1

agenda

Question 2

A discussion agenda; it consists of all public issues that are veiwed as requiring governmental attention.

Answer 2

systematic agenda

Question 3

Problems to which public officials feel obliged to devote active and serious attention.

Answer 3

agenda setting

Question 4

The crafting of proposed courses of action to resolve public problems.

Answer 4

policy formulation

Question 5

The approval of a policy proposal by the people with the requisite authority, such as legislature.

Answer 5

policy adoption

Question 6

The proces of carrying out public policy.

Answer 6

policy implementation

Question 7

The process of determining whether a course of action is acheiving its intended goals.

Answer 7

policy evaluation

Question 8

The federal program established during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration that provides medical care to ederly Social Security recipients.

Answer 8

Medicare

Question 9

A government program that subsidizes medical care for the poor.

Answer 9

Medicaid

Question 10

Education reform passed in 2002 that employs high standards and measurable goals as a method of improving American education.

Answer 10

No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

Question 11

Certificates issued by the government that may be applied toward the cost of attending private or other public schools.

Answer 11

vouchers

Question 12

Semi-public schools that have open admission but may also receive private donations to increase the quality of education.

Answer 12

charter schools

Question 13

The law that established national primary and secondary standards for air quality in the United States. A revised version was passed in 1990.

Answer 13

Clean Air Act of 1970

Question 14

The increase in global temperatures due to carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil.

Answer 14

global warming