Question

chapter 6 review
comprehension: identifying facts
write the answers to the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.

1. what are the names of the fourteen executive departments?
2. what departments did george washington have?
3. which department collects taxes?
4. which department is concerned with the quality of schools?
5. which department looks after community development projects?
6. which department is in charge of the military?
7. which department includes the fbi?
8. which department helps farmers grow and sell crops?
9. which department oversees business and trade?
10. which department finds sources of oil?
11. which department promotes social and physical well - being?
12. which department protects natural resources?
13. which department has ambassadors?
14. which department sets minimum wage laws?
15. which department oversees railroads?
16. which department provides services to veterans?
17. which department protects the president?
18. which department has consuls?

Explanation:

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The fourteen executive departments in the US are: State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, Education, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security (note: sometimes counted with earlier ones, but the standard 14 - 15; the core fourteen - like original and established ones: State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health & Human Services, Housing & Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, Education, Veterans Affairs, plus maybe Homeland Security, but traditionally the first fourteen established over time).

George Washington's cabinet had three departments: State (led by Thomas Jefferson), Treasury (led by Alexander Hamilton), and War (later Defense, led by Henry Knox), plus the Attorney General ( Edmund Randolph) as a legal advisor.

The Department of the Treasury is responsible for collecting taxes (like income tax, excise taxes, etc.) to fund the government.

Answer:

The fourteen executive departments (commonly recognized) are: Department of State, Department of the Treasury, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, Department of Education, Department of Veterans Affairs (and sometimes Department of Homeland Security, but the core established ones make up the main fourteen - the exact count can have slight variations in context, but these are the key ones).

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