| Term | Definition |
|---|
| electoral college | a gruop of people named by each state legislature to select the president and visepresident. |
| electors | person appinted to vote in presidentiual elections for major candidates. |
| Pardon | declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment |
| Reprieve | an order to delay a persons punishment until a higher court can hear the case. |
| Amnesty | a pardon to a group of people |
| Foreign policy | a natioins averall plan for dealing with other nations |
| Treaty | a formal agreement between the government of two or more countries |
| executive agreement | an agreement between the president and the leader of another country. |
| executive order | a rule or comand that has the force of law |
| trade sanction | an effort of punishing another nations by imposing trade barriers |
| embargo | an agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation |
| cabinet | a group of adviser to the president that includes the heads of istop level executive departments. |
| espionage | the use of spies by a government to discover the military and political secrets of other nations. |
| impeachment | To charge (a public official) with improper conduct in office before a proper tribunal. |
| foreign aid | an economic or millitary assistance offered by one nation to other. |
| state of the union adress | annual message to congress in which the president reports on the state of the nation and outlines a legislature program |
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