Presidential Vocab

the set of basic laws by which a nation, state, or other organization is governed

• EXECUTIVE BRANCH

• CONSTITIUTION

• GOVERNMENT

one of the three branches of the government in the United States. The job of the executive branch is to carry out the laws of a country. The president and various departments make up the executive branch

• GOVERNMENT

• EXECUTIVE BRANCH

• POLITICAL PARTY

a person who is chosen to speak or act for others

• NOMINATED

• POLITICAL PARTY

• DELEGATE

to choose as a candidate for election

• ELECTED

• DELEGATE

• NOMINATED

a person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a certain position

• CANDIDATE

• TERM

• ELECTED

a set period of time during which something happens

• term

• elected

• nominated

to choose by means of voting

• ELECTED

• NOMINATED

• TERM

an organization of people who share the same views about the way power should be used in a country or society 

• executive branch

• government

• political party

the making of laws and important decisions that control or affect all the people living in a community, state, or nation

• OVAL OFFICE

• CANDIDATE

• GOVERNMENT

the oval-shaped office in the White House that is used by the President of the United States

• executive branch

• Oval Office

• political party