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ExecutiveBranch
Chapters 8-10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Body of specially chosen people that votes for the president and the vice president. | Electoral College |
| Party gathering held to decide rules, determine issues, and choose candidates. | National Convention |
| Presidential acknowledgement that another coutntry's government is the appropriate representative of its people. | Diplomatic Recognition |
| Meetings, usually local, set up to elect delegates to state conventions. | Caucuses |
| President's role as head of the U.S. armed forces. | Commander in Chief |
| Proposing people to run for elective office. | Nominate |
| Informal understanding with a foreign government. | Executive Agreement |
| A party's positions on current issues. | Platform |
| Votes by the general public. | Popular Vote |
| President's plans for dealing with other countries. | Foreign Policy |
| President's right not to hand over documents or testify on confidential business. | Executive Privelage |
| Describes policies, programs, and legislation that the chief legislator wants Congress to enact. | State of the Union Address |
| Plan for who should fill th presidency and in what order should the office become vacant. | Presidential Succession |
| Detailed rules, instructions, and regulation regarding how to carry out and enforce legeislation. | Executive Orders |
| The art of negotiatingwith foreign countries. | Diplomacy |
| The president has the power to make these agreements between the U.S and other nations subject to SENATE approval | Treaties |
| This act specifies that soldiers sent abroad by the presidnet must be returned to the U.S. within 60 days unless Congress approves their mission. | War Powers Act |
| Delays the execution of a person's sentence. | Reprieve |
| Presidents can do this in support of their favorite bills by inviting congresspersons to the White House and by making personal phone calls. | Lobbying |
| A member of the electoral college is called this. | Elector |
| These elections take place before the general election that determines the candidates for each party. | Primary |
| This forgives a convicted criminal and frees that person. | Presidential Pardon |
| Agreements between two or more countries to help one another for economic, defense, or other reasons. | Alliance |
| Only official business of this event is reaching agreemens on the party's platform and nominating presidential/vice presidential candidates. | Convention |
| This power helps the president prevent laws he or she dislikes. | Veto Power |
| Some president's unrestrained use of power has caused some critics to callthe office this. | Imperial Presidency |
| The president commands all of these officers, in peacetime and in wartime. | Military |
| This lessens the severity of a convicted criminal's sentence. | Commutation |
| The president must take part in ceremonial duties such as giving medals to outstanding citizens because of this role. | Chief of State |
| This president has been called the f |
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