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54 Cards in this Set
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Chief of State |
President |
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Chief Executive |
leader of the nations government |
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Chief Administrator |
The president as head of the administration of federal government |
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Chief Diplomat |
the role of the president in recognizing foreign governments, making treaties & effecting executive agreements |
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Commander in Chief |
the president as commander of the nations armed forces |
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Chief Legislator |
the role of the president in influencing the making of laws |
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Chief of Party |
The president as the leader of his or her political party |
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Chief Citizen |
president reps. the people |
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Presidential Succession |
Vice President fulfills the presidents place in case of emergency |
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Presidential Succession act of 1947 |
a president nor vice president is able to "discharges the powers and duties of the office." |
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Balance the Ticket |
President chooses a vice president |
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Presidential Elector |
a person elected by the voters to represent them in making a formal selection of the vice pres. and pres. |
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Electoral Vote |
the official vote for president and vp |
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electoral College |
the body of electors who forally elect the US vp and pres |
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Presidential Primary |
a party's voters choose state party, and/or express a preference for their party's pres. nomination |
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Winner-Take-All |
system which the candidate with the most district votes in a state gets all of the delegate votes from the state |
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Proportional Representation |
representation of the parties in proportion to their popular vote |
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National Convention |
the meeting of party delegates every four years to choose a presidential ticket and write the party's platform |
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Platform |
A document stating the aims and principles of a political party |
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Keynote Adress |
Speech given at a party convention to set the tone for the convention and the campaign to come |
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District Plan |
electors would be chosen in each state in the same way as members of congress |
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Proportional Plan |
each presidential candidate would receive the same share of a states electoral vote as he or she received in the states popular vote |
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Direct Popular Election |
getting rid of the electoral vote and keep the popular election |
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Electorate |
citizens eligible to vote |
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National Bonus Plan |
keep the basics of the electoral college system in tact, winner of overall popular votes receives a pool of 102 national electoral votes, majority changes from 270 to 321 |
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Executive Article |
on order having the force of law issued by the pres. of the US to the army, navy, or other part of the executive branch of government |
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Mass Media |
TV, newspapers & internet |
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Imperial Presidency |
a US presidency that is characterized by greater power than the constitution allows |
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Oath of Office |
formal and standard oath taken by those entering into a public office through election or appointment |
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Executive Order |
an order having the force of law issued by the president to the army, navy and executive branch |
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Ordinance Power |
the influence and laws that are enforced on a jurisdiction by authority figures and a local government |
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Treaty |
a formal agreement between 2 or more state s |
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Executive agreement |
pertaining to administrative matters and less formal than an international treaty |
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Recognition |
the exclusive power of a president to legally recognize foreign states |
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persona non grata |
an unwelcome perons, used to describe recalled diplomatic officials |
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line-item veto |
a presidents cancellation of specific dollar amounts from a congressional spending bill |
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Reprieve |
an official postponement of the execution of a sentence |
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pardon |
release from the punishment or legal consequences of a crime, by the president |
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clemency |
mercy or leniency granted to an offender by a chief executive |
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Commutation |
the power to reduce the length of a sentence or fine for a crime |
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Amnesty |
a blanket pardon offended to a group of law violators |
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Bureaucracy |
a large, complex administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organization |
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Bureaucrat |
a person who works for a bureauucratic organization |
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Administration |
the officials in the executive branch of a government and their policies and principles |
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staff agency |
an agency that supports the chief executive & other administrators by offering advice and other assistance in the management |
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line agency |
an agency which performs the tasks for which the organization exists |
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executive office of the president |
an organization of several agencies staffed by the presidents closest advisers |
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federal budget |
a detailed financial document containing estimates of federal income and spending during the coming fiscal year |
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fiscal year |
the 12-month period used by a government and the business world for its record-keeping, budgeting, revenue collecting |
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Domestic affairs |
all matters not directly connected to the realm of foreign affairs |
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executive departments |
often called the cobinet departments, they are traditional units of federal administration |
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secretary |
an official in charge of a department of governemtn |
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attorney general |
head of the department of justice |
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indeoendent agencies |
additional agencies created by congess located outside the cabinet |
