Civics Chapter 8 Vocabulary

A person appointed to vote in the presidential elections for the president or vice president

• elector

• embargo

• pardon

• cabinet

A group of advisors to the president that includes the heads of 15 top level executive departments

• cabinet

• federal bureaucracy

• executive agency

• embargo

Agencies and the employees that make up the executive branch of government

• federal bureaucracy

• cabinet

• executive agency

• amnesty

An independent agency that deals with specific areas within the government

• executive agency

• government corporation

• pardon

• cabinet

A business owned and operated by the federal government

• government corporation

• executive agency

• regulatory commission

• cabinet

Independent agency created by Congress that can make rules concerning certain activities and bring violators to court

• regulatory commission

• executive agency

• government corporation

• political appointee

A person appointed to a government position by the president

• political appointee

• cabinet

• embargo

• elector

The practice of hiring government employees on the basis of open, competitive exams and merit

• civil service system

• political appointees

• spoil system

• regulatory agency

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

• The spoils system

• The merit system

• The civil service system

• amnesty

Hiring people into government jobs on the basis of their qualifications

• merit system

• spoils system

• federal bureaucracy

• executive agency