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Chapter 7 & Stuff
Term | Definition |
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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 canidates |
executive order | a rule or command that has the force of law |
pardon | a declaration of forgiveness and freedom from a punishment |
reprieve | an order to delay a person's punishment until a higher court can hear the case |
amnesty | a pardon towards a group of people |
foreign policy | a nation's plan for dealing with other nations |
national security | the ability to keep the country safe from from attack or harm |
treaties | formal agreements between the governments of two or more countries |
executive agreement | an agreement between the president and a leader of another country |
ambassador | an official representative of a country's government |
trade sanctions | efforts to punish another nation by imposing trade barriars |
embargo | an agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them from trading with a target nation |
cabinet | a group of presidential advisers that include the heads of the 15 top-level executive departments |
federal bureaucracy | the agencies and employees of the executive branch |
independent agencies | federal board or commission that is not part of any cabinet department |
government corporations | a business owned and operated by the federal govenment |
political appointees | people whom the president has chosen because they have proven executive ability or were important supporters of the president's elections |
civil service workers | 90% of all national governments |
civil service system | the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open, competitive examinations and merit |
spoils system | government jobs went to people as a reword for their political support |
merit system | governments hire new workers from lists of people who have passed the tests or otherwise met civil service standards |