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chapter 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| electoral college | a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and the 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 of government |
| 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 |
| foreign policy | a nations overall plan for dealing with other nations |
| national security | the ability to keep the country safe from attach or harm |
| treaty | a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries an |
| 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 includes the heads of 15 top level executive departments |
| federal bureaucracy | the collective agencies and employees of the executive branch |
| independent agency | federal broad 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 merits |
| 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 qualities |