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ap gov
chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pardon | Forgives a person convicted of a crime and frees them from serving out the sentence |
| Reprieve | Postpones the carrying out of a person's sentence |
| Commutation | Reduces a convicted person's sentence |
| Highest ranking U.S. representatives in foreign countries | Ambassadors |
| Government's plan for interacting with other countries | Foreign policy |
| Formal document that allows U.S. citizens to travel abroad | Visa |
| Attorney general | Represents the United States in legal matters generally and gives advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested. |
| Ambassadors' work place | Embassy |
| Treaty | A formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries |
| The Department of Homeland Security | Protects the nation against terrorists attacks |
| Bureaucracy | System of government that has the important decisions decided on by state officials instead of elected representatives |
| Becomes president when the president and vice president are both dead or removed | Speaker of the House |
| President's powers | Issues executive orders, responsible for the execution and enforcement of the laws created by Congress. |
| Cabinet | Advises the president |
| Agency that runs the Space Program | NASA |
| FEC (Federal Election Committee) | Has jurisdiction over the financing of campaigns for the U.S. House, Senate, and the vice presidency |
| SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) | Enforces security laws to protect American households |
| Yearly address where the President determines how the U.S. is doing | State of Union Address |
| 25th Amendment | If the president is removed or dead, the vice president will become president |
| Qualifications for president and vice president | Must be 35+, a natural born citizen, someone who has lived in the U.S. for 14+ years |
| Office of Personnel | Manages the U.S. civilian service |
| Regulatory Commission | Independent government agency responsible for being aware of civilian nuclear energy usage |
| FTC (Federal Trade Commission) | Focuses on consumers |
| Department of State | Advises the president and leads the nation in foreign policy issues |
| Congress' military role | Can declare war, grant letters of Marque Reprisal, and make rules concerning Captures on Land and Water |
| President's military role | Commander and Chief of all armed forces of the U.S. |
| U.S. Armed Forces | The army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard |
| Amount of terms the president serves | Two |
| 22nd Amendment | No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term |
| Joint of Chiefs of Staff | Within the U.S. Department of Defense. Advises the president secretary defense, Homeland Security Council and the National Security Council |
| Presidential Succession List | President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, etc. |
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