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electoral college | a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president |
elector | person appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates |
executive order | a rule or command that has the force of the law |
pardon | a 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 to a group of people |
foreign policy | a nations overall plan for dealing with other nations |
national security | ability to keep a county safe from attack or harm |
treaty | formal agreement between two or more counties governments |
executive agreement | an agreement between the president and the leader of another country |
ambassador | an official representative of a countries government |
trade sanction | an effort to punish another nation by putting up trade barriers |
embargo | an agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation |
cabinet | a group of advisers to the president that includes the head of 15 top-level executive departments |
federal bureaucracy | the collective agencies and employees of the executive branch |
independent agency | federal board or commission that is not part of any cabinet department |
government corporation | business owned and operated by federal government |
political appointee | person appointed to federal position by president |
civil service worker | person hired into government position |
civil service system | practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open competitive examinations and merit |
merit system | hiring people into government jobs based on their qualifications |
spoils system | rewarding people with government jobs on the basis of their political support |