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Hodge Podge
100
A group of people who elect the president and vice president.
What is the Electoral College?
100
A pardon toward a group of people.
What is amnesty?
100
The ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm.
What is national security?
100
The practice of giving government jobs based on set standards and test performance.
What is the merit system?
100
A group of advisers that includes the heads of the top-level executive departments.
What is the cabinet?
200
The head of the executive branch.
Who is the president?
200
This lists the presidential powers.
What is Article II?
200
A formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries.
What is a treaty?
200
The most powerful position in the White House Office.
Who is the chief of staff?
200
A government employee.
Who is a civil service worker?
300
The minimum age for for an elected president.
What is thirty-five?
300
A declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment.
What is a pardon?
300
An agreement between the president and a leader of another country.
What is an executive agreement?
300
EOP stands for this.
What is Executive Office of the President?
300
These are like businesses, except that the government owns and operates them.
What are government corporations?
400
The person who becomes president if the president and vice president die in office.
Who is the Speaker of the House?.
400
An annual speech given by the president detailing the most important issues facing the nation.
What is the State of the Union Address?
400
Agencies of the federal government.
What are bureaucracies?
400
OMB stands for this.
What is Office of Management and Budget?
400
The practice of giving government jobs as a reward for political support.
What is the spoils system?
500
The first Catholic president.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
500
The president as a living symbol of the nation.
What is head of state?
500
These two branches of government compete for control of foreign policy.
What are the executive and legislative branches?
500
NSC stands for this.
What is National Security Council?
500
He or she is often sent on visits to foreign nations to represent the administration.
Who is the vice president?
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