Executive Branch Vocab Flashcards
A declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment
Pardon
An order to delay a person’s punishment until a higher court can hear the case
Reprieve
A pardon to a group of people
Amnesty
A nation’s overall planning for dealing w/other nations
Foreign policy
A formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries
Treaty
An agreement between the president and the leader of another country
Executive agreement
A rule or command that has the force of law
Executive order
An effort to punish other nations imposing trade barriers
Trade sanction
An agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading w/a target nation
Embargo
A group of advisors to the president that includes the head of 15 top level executive departments
Cabinet
The collective agencies and employees of the executive branch
Federal bureaucracy
Federal board or commission that is not part of any cabinet department
Independent agency
A business owned and operated by the federal gov’t
Government corporation
A person appointed to a federal position by the president
Political appointee
Hiring people into gov’t jobs on the basis of their qualifications
Merit system
