Question | Answer |
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 law |
Pardon | a declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment |
Reprieve | an order to delay a person’s punishment until a higher court can hear the case |
Amnesty | a pardon to a group of people |
Foreigh policy | a nation’s overall plan for dealing with other nations |
National security | the ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm |
Treaty | a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries |
Executive agreement | an agreement between the president and the leader of another country |
Ambassador | an official representative of a country’s government |
Trade sanction | an effort to punish another nation by imposing 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 included the heads of 15 top-level executive departments |
Federal bureaucracy | teh collective agencies and employees of the executive branch |
Independent agency | federal board or commission that is not part of any cabinet department |
Government corporation | a business owned and operated by the federal government |
Political appointee | a person appointed to a federal position by the president |
Civil service worker | person hired into a government position |
Civil service system | the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open, competitive examinations and merit |
Spoils system | rewarding people with government jobs on the basis of their political support |
Merit system | hiring people into government jobs on the basis of their qualifications |