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| What is an Electoral College? |
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| a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president |
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| What is a person that is appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates? |
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| What is an executive order? |
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| a rule or command that has the force of law |
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| What is a declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment? |
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| an order to delay a person's punishment until a higher court can hear the case |
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| What is a pardon to a group of people? |
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| What is a foreign policy? |
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| a nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations |
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| What is the ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm? |
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| a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries |
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| What is an agreement netween the president and the leader of another country? |
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| an official representative of a country's government |
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| What is an effort to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers? |
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| an agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation |
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| What is a group of advisers to the president that includes the heads of 14 top-level executive departments |
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| What is federal bureaucracy? |
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| the collective agencies and employees of the executive branch |
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| What is a federal board or commission that is not part of any cabinet department? |
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| What is a government corporation? |
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| a business owned and operated by the federal government |
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| What is person appointed to a federal position by the president? |
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| What is a civil service worker? |
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| person hired into a federal position |
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| What is the practive of hiring government workers on the basis of open, competitve examinations and merit? |
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| rewarding people with government jobs on the basis of their political support |
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| What is it called while hiring people into government jobs on the basis of their qualifications? |
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