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Civics Chapter 7
The President and the Executive Branch Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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electoral college | a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president |
electors | people 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 | the ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm |
treaties | formal agreements between the governments of two or more countries |
executive agreement | an agreement between the president and the leader of another country |
ambassador | an official representative of a country's government |
trade sanctions | 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 |
EOP | Executive Office if the President |
cabinet | a group of advisers to the president that includes the heads of 14 top-level executives departments |
independent agencies | federal board or commission that is not part of any cabinet department |
government corporations | a business owned and operated by the federal government |
political appointees | a person appointed to a federal position by the president |
civil service workers | person hired into a federal position |
civil service system | the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open, competitive examinations and merit |
spoils system | rewarding people with government jobs on the basis of their political suport |
merit system | hiring people into government jobs on the basis of their qualifications |
executive branch | the branch of government that carries out laws |