executive branch

Question 1

electoral college

Answer 1

group of people who cast a ballot to elect president
popular vote tells electors had about
twice as many electors as votes
538 electors- 435 four House of Representatives 100 for Senate and three For district of Columbia
270 votes to win

Question 2

pardon

Answer 2

crime goes away

Question 3

reprieve

Answer 3

delays the beginning of a sentence

Question 4

amnesty

Answer 4

cannot be punished for a crime or deported

Question 5

commutation

Answer 5

reduces sentence length

Question 6

appointments of the president must

Answer 6

be approved by the Senate examples are ambassadors federal judges members of Cabinet

Question 7

executive order

Answer 7

something the president does that has the strength of law but it doesn’t go to legislature
only affects executive branch

Question 8

only president that was not voted for

Answer 8

Gerald Ford because Nixon’s vice president resigned and the Nixon appointed Ford and then resigned

Question 9

jobs of vice president

Answer 9

president of the Senate, decide the question of president’s capacity, other jobs agreed by the person