Civics: Chapter 6 Executive Branch Vocabulary

the order in which the office of president is to be filed if it becomes vacant

• presidential succession
• State of the Union Address
• Joint Chief of Staffs
• Congress

a yearly report by the president to Congress describing the nation's condition and recommending programs and policies

• presidential succession
• State of the Union Address
• Joint Chief of Staffs
• Congress

a country's plan for dealing with other countries of the world

• foreign policy
• diplomacy
• treaties
• bureacracy

the art of dealing with foreign governments

• foreign policy
• diplomacy
• treaties
• bureacracy

written agreements between nations

• foreign policy
• diplomacy
• treaties
• bureacracy

a postponement in the carrying out of a prison sentence

• cancellation
• commutation
• pardon
• reprieve

an official act by the president or by a governor forgiving a person convicted of a crime and freeing that person from serving out his or her sentence

• cancellation
• commutation
• pardon
• reprieve

the act of making a convicted person's sentence less severe

• cancellation
• commutation
• pardon
• reprieve

an official who heads an executive department in the federal government

• president
• secretary
• attorney general
• ambassadors

the chief legal officer of the nation or of a state

• president
• secretary
• attorney general
• ambassadors