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Chapter 6 civics

TermDefinition
1. foreign policy attitude towards other countries
2. executive order issued by the president, acts like a law
3. executive agreement agreement between 2 leaders
4. treaty official agreement between 2 countries
5. diplomat an official representative of a country’s gov
6. pardon legal forgiveness
7. reprieve to delay a punishment
8. succession order of replacement
9. commute to change a punishment
10. ambassador official representative of a country
11. bureaucracy all of the workers in the executive branch
12. independent agency runs part of the country for the president
13. regulatory agency regulates certain things in the country
14. joint chiefs military leaders
15. state of the union speech by the president
16. electoral college chooses the president
17. attorney general lawyer for the gov
18. secretary head of a dept
19. chief of staff the white house for the president
20. war powers act gives president limited war making power
21. elector member of the electoral college
22. gov corp gov run business
23. merit system get a gov job based on ability
24. amnesty group pardon
25. cabinet gov leaders
26. term length of time in office
27. spoils system a gov job based on who you know
28. preside to rule over or run
29. passport official travel document
30. red tape gov delays
Created by: cameronmbrown
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