Executive Branch Vocabulary

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

• faithless elector
• executive order
• bureaucracy
• cabinet

the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open, competitive examinations and merit

• cabinet

• executive order

• civil service system

• spoils system

a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries

• amnesty

• treaty

• reprieve

• embargo

Grants a postponement of legal punishment

• Reprieve

• Pardon

• Amnesty

• Executive Order

This is a term for the group of the President’s closest advisers.

• faithless electors
• executive orders
• bureaucracy
• cabinet

A nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations

• regulatory commission

• foreign policy

• executive agency

• spoil system

a business operated by the government

• government corporation

• treaties

• federal bureaucracy

• regulatory commission

An official act by the President forgiving a person convicted of a crime and freeing that person from serving his/her sentence.

• Excuse
• Commutation
• Pardon
• Termination

Which branch...enforces the law?

• All listed below
• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial

an effort to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers

• embargo

• amnesty

• trade sanctions

• executive agreement