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Chapter 7
Question | Answer |
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Electoral College | Indirect method of election |
elector | who vote for the majority candidates |
executive order | rule or command that has the force of the law |
pardon | declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment |
reprieve | an order to delay a persons punishment until a higher court can hear the case |
amnesty | a pardon toward a group of people |
foreign policy | nation plan for dealing with other nations |
national security | the ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm |
treaty | formal agreemnets between the government of two or more countries |
executive agreement | an agreement between the president and another countrtrade barry |
ambassador | an official representative of a countrys government |
trade sanction | efforts to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers |
embargo | agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them with trading from a certain nation |
cabinet | group of presidential advisors that include the heads of 15 top level executive departments |
federal bureaucracy | agencies and employees of the executive branch |
independent agency | executive branch agencies that are not part of the cabinet |
government corporation | are like private businesses execpt the government rather than individuals |
political appointee | people whom the president has choosen because they have the ability or were support |
civil service worker | have permenate employes |
spoils system | government jobs went to people as a reward for thier political support |
merit system | hire new workers from people who have passed the tests or otherwide met civil service |