Executive Branch Vocabulary

________ - President's refusal of a bill.

• Veto

• Approval

• Amendment

• Ratification

________ - A veto that is used by the president within the last 10 days of a legislative session.

• Pocket Veto

• Line-item Veto

• Regular Veto

• Legislative Veto

________ - Release from punishment.

• Pardon

• Penalty

• Conviction

• Sentence

________ - Postponement of punishment.

• Reprieve

• Delay

• Cancellation

• Acceleration

________ - Limits the president to two terms or 10 years.

• 22nd Amendment

• 21st Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 24th Amendment

________ - Presidential succession.

• 25th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 22nd Amendment

• 10th Amendment

________ - Group that elects the president and vice president.

• Electoral College

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Supreme Court

Total number of electoral votes.

• 538

• 270

• 435

• 600

Number of electoral votes a person needs to become president.

• 270

• 250

• 300

• 290

________ - This includes the Secretaries of State, Defense, Treasury, and the Attorney General.

• Inner Cabinet

• Outer Cabinet

• Executive Office

• Legislative Branch