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ch. 13-17
executive branch
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| commander in chief | term for the president as commander of the nation's armed forces |
| presidential succession | scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled |
| keynote address | speech given at a party convention to set the tine for the convention and the campaign to come |
| district plan | proposal for choosing presidential electors by which two electors would be selected in each state according to the state wide popular vote and the other electors would be selected separately in each of the state's congressional districts |
| direct popular election | proposal to do away with the electoral college and allow the people to vote directly for the president and vice president |
| national popular vote plan | proposal for electing the president whereby each state's election laws would provide for all of the state's electoral votes and the enter into an interstate compact agreeing to elect the president by national popular vote |
| proportional plan | proposal by which receive the same share of a state's electoral vote as he or she received in the state's popular vote |
| oath of office | oath taken by the president on the day he takes office,pledging to "faithfully execute" the office and "preserve, protect, and defend" the constitution |
| executive order | directive, rule, regulation issued by a chief executive or subordinates, based constitutional or statutory authority and having the force of law |
| ordinance power | power of the president to issue executive orders; originates from the constitutional and acts of congress |
| executive agreement | a pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which (unlike a treaty) does not require senate consent |
| treaty | a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states |
| reprieve | an official postponement of the execution of a sentence |
| pardon | release from the punishment or legal consequences of a crime, by the president (in a federal case) or a governor, ( in a state case) |
| amnesty | a blanket pardon offered to a group of law violators |
| clemency | mercy or leniency granted to an offender by a chief executive |
| bureaucracy | a large, complex administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organization |
| fiscal year | the 12-month period used by a government and the business world for its record-keeping, budgeting, revenue collecting, and other the next five years |
| executive departments | often called the cabinets departments, they are the traditional units of federal administration |
| attorney general | the head of the department of justice |
| spoils system | the practice of giving offices and other favors of government to political supporters and friends |
| progressive tax | a type of tax proportionate to income |
| regressive tax | a tax levied at a flat rate, without regard to the level of a taxpayer's income or ability to pay them |
| estate tax | a levy imposed on the assets of one who dies |
| excise tax | a tax laid on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of goods and\or the performance of services |
| customs duty | a tax laid on goods brought into the United States from abroad, also known as tariffs, import duties, or imposts |
| payroll tax | a tax imposed on nearly all employers and their employees, and self-employed persons-the amounts owed by employees withheld from their paychecks |
| deficit | the yearly shortfall between revenue and spending |
| foreign affairs | a nation's relationships with other countries |
| domestic affairs | all matters not directly connected to the realm of foreign affairs |
| ambassador | an official representatives of the United States appointed by the President to represent the nation in matters of diplomacy |
| diplomatic immunity | when an ambassador is not subject to the laws of the state to which they are accredited |
| espionage | spying |
| terrorism | the use of violence to intimidate a government or society |
| containment | a policy based in the belief that if communism could be kept within its existing boundaries, it would collapse under the weight of its internal weakness |
| UN security council | a 15-member panel which bears the UN's major responsibility for keeping international peace |
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