Executive Branch Terms
Executive Branch Vocabulary
Executive Branch Facts
Executive Departments
Executive Branch Departments
100
an organization of government departments, agencies and offices
What is Bureaucracy
100
A team of executive branch officials
What is administration
100
presiding officer of the senate
What is Vice president
100
who collects taxes through the IRS (Internal Revenue Service)
What is Department of Treasury
100
manages national parks and other federal lands
What is department of interior
200
agreement with other countries that do not need Senate approval
What is Executive agreement
200
a set of plans for guiding our nation's relationships with other governments
What is foreign policy
200
executes presidents defense policies
What is secretary of defense
200
who gives medical, educational and financial help to people who have served in the armed services
What is Department of veterans affairs
200
represents the federal government in law suits
What is department of justice
300
a set of plans for dealing with national problems
What is domestic policy
300
the branch of government responsible for executing or carrying out the law
What is executive branch
300
commander and chief of the military
What is president
300
helps state and local governments to maintain highways
What is department of transportation
300
helps run job training and unemployment programs
What is department of labor
400
are official representatives to foreign governments
What is Ambassadors
400
formal agreement between nations
What is treaties
400
Head of Dept. of justice
What is Attorney general
400
promotes equal access to educational opportunities
What is department of education
400
provides assistance to farmers
What is department of agriculture
500
an important group of policy advisors to the president
What is cabinet
500
the right to keep some information from congress and courts
What is executive privelage
500
crafts foreign policy
What is secretary of state
500
directs the medical program
What is department of health and human resources
500

carries out foreign policies, issues passports, engages in diplomacy

What is department of state

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