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The executive Branch
vocab
Question | Answer |
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Presidential Succession | The order in witch the office of the president is to be filled |
Foreign Policy | The government's plan for interacting with other countries in the world |
Diaplomacy | The art of interacting with foreign goverments |
Trieaties | Written agreements with other counrties |
reprieve | Postpones the carrying out of a person's sentence |
Pardon | Forgives a person convicted of a crime and frees them from serving out their snetence |
State of the union addres | Televised speech by the president that tells the programs and policies the president supports |
Commutation | Making a convicted person's sentence less severe |
Budget | a plan of income and spending |
Executive Departments | Play a direct role in governing the country. The president gives them power to make and enforce regulations. |
Attorney general | Head of the department of justice |
Embassy | Residence and office of an ambassader |
Joint chiefs of staff | Highist ranking military officers of the army, navy or air force |
independent Agencies | Agencies that have specialized duties and help the president |
Regulatory Comissions | Agencies that have the power to make rules and bring violators to court (assist the president) |
Bureacucrasy | Government of organization with many different departments and complex rules and procedures |
Federalism | A system of government in witch the power to govern is shared between national and state governments |
Separation of powers | Idea government should be divided into three branches to limit each branches power |
Administration | Executive branch consisting of the president,cabinet, and departments |
Veto | Refusing to sign a bill |