Executive Branch Vocab

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 Vice 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

An agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation

• amnesty

• embargo

• treaty

• reprieve