Unit 6 VOCAB: Executive Branch (HMS Civics)

a person appointed to a federal position by the president [i.e. cabinet member, supreme court justice]

• spoils system

• political appointee

• executive agreement

rewarding people with government jobs on the basis of their political support

• civil service system

• spoils system

• elector

a rule or command the president gives out and that has the force of law

• pardon

• treaty

• executive order

a declaration of forgiveness and freedom from the president

• cabinet

• pardon

• treaty

an agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation

• national security

• elector

• embargo

an understanding or contract between the president and the leader of another country

• executive agreement

• embargo

• government corporations

an order to delay a person’s punishment until a higher court hears the case

• reprieve

• elector

• treaty

agencies and employees of the executive branch

• government corporations

• cabinet

• federal bureaucracy

the ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm

• national security

• pardon

• foreign policy

an independent agency created by Congress to make rules that an industry or group must follow

• executive agency

• government corporation

• regulatory commission