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chapter 7 def
key terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| electoral college | a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president |
| electors | person appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates |
| executive order | a rule or command that has the force out laws |
| pardon | is a declaration for forgiveness and freedom from punishment |
| reprieve | an order to delay a persons punishment |
| amnesty | a pardon toward a group of people |
| foreign policy | a plan dealing with other nations |
| national security | the ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm |
| treaty | formal agreements 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 government |
| trade sanction | efforts to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers |
| embargo | agreement among a group of with a target nation |
| cabinet | is a group of people of presidential advisers that include the heads of the 15 top level |
| federal bureaucracy | employees of the executive branch |
| independent agency | they are not part of the cabinet |
| government corporation | a business owed and operated by the federal government |
| political appointee | people whom the president has chosen because they have proven executive ability |
| civil service worker | about 90 percent of all government employees |
| civil service system | the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open competitive |
| spoils system | rewarding people with government jobs on the basis of their political support |
| merit system | hiring people into the government jobs on the basis of their qualifications |