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Civics
8th Grade
01/17/2013

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national Security
Definition
The ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm
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amnesty
Definition
a pardon to a group of people
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Electoral College
Definition
a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
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trade sanction
Definition
an effort to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers
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cabinet
Definition
a group of advisers to the president that includes the heads of 15 top-level executive departments
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civil service system
Definition
the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open, competitive examinations and merit
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executive order
Definition
a rule or command that has the force of law
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civil service worker
Definition
person hired into a government position
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treaty
Definition
a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries
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merit system
Definition
a system of hiring people into government jobs on the basis of their qualifications
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