Executive Branch Vocabulary

the heads of the 15 executive departments

• cabinet

• elector

• role

• amnesty

To forgive, excuse the punishment of a convicted criminal.

• Pardon

• Diplomat

• Legislator

• Administer

• Impeach

What is the group of electors called?

• Congress
• Electoral Collge
• Senate
• Delegate Univesity

This is a rule with the force of law that is issued by the President.

• faithless elector
• executive order
• bureaucracy
• cabinet

an official postponement or delay of the execution of a sentence

• amnesty

• clemency

• reprieve

• pardon

pardon offered to a group of law violators

• amnesty

• clemency

• pardon

• reprieve

a person appointed to vote in presidential elections for president and vise president

• electors

• electoral college

• executive order

• persona non grata

a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state

• executive order
• treaty
• amnesty
• executive agreement

A nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations

• regulatory commission

• foreign policy

• executive agency

• spoil system

a person appointed to a federal position by the president

• ambassador

• executive order

• elector

• political appointee