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Ch. 7
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 candidates |
| executive order | a rule or command that has the force of law |
| pardon | a declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment |
| 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 nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations |
| national security | primary goal of american foreign policy |
| treaty | a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries. |
| executive agreement | an agreeement between the president and the leader of another country. |
| ambassador | an offical representative of a country's government |
| trade sanction | the alternative you face if you decide to do one thing rather than another |
| embargo | an agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation |
| cabient | 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 board 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 |
| 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 qualifications. |
| civil service center | the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open, competitive examinations and merit. |