the President, as a ceremonial head of the United States
What is the Chief of State?
100
A formal agreement between two or more soverign states.
What is a Treaty?
100
An official postponement of the execution of a sentence
What is Reprieve?
100
A declaration of that income and of the exemptions and deductions to taxes he/or she claims.
What is a Tax Return?
100
A purposeful refusal to become generally involved in the affairs of the rest of the world.
What is Isolationism?
200
a political party's statement of basic principles, stands on major issues, and objectives.
What is Platform?
200
To cancel specific dollar amounts, line items, and spending bills enacted by Congress.
What is a Line-Item Veto?
200
release from the punishment of legal consequences of a crime by the President (in federal cases) or a Governor (in state cases)
What is a Pardon?
200
The governments total outstanding indebtness.
What is Public Debt?
200
An official representative of the US appointed by the President to represent the nation in matters of diplomacy.
What is an Ambassador?
300
All the people entitled to vote in a given election
What is Electorate?
300
Legal forgiveness of a crime.
What is a Pardon?
300
A "blanket pardon" offered to a group of law violators.
What is Amnesty?
300
Congress and the President can decide each year just how much will be spent on many of the things the government does.
What is Controllable Spending?
300
Economic and military assistance to other countries
What is Foreign Aid?
400
when a presidential candidate chooses a running mate who can strengthen his chance of being elected
What is Balancing the Ticket?
400
A pact between the President and a head of a foreign state or between their subordinates.
What is an Executive Agreement?
400
The power to reduce the length of a sentence or fine for a crime.
What is Commutation?
400
"Mandatory Spending" that makes up over 80% of the federal spending.
What is Uncontrollable Spending?
400
A period of more than 40 years during which relations between the two super powers were tense, and often hostile. A time of threats and nuclear arsenol build-up.
What is the Cold War?
500
Proposal for choosing presidential electors by which two electors would be selected in each state according to the state-wide popular vote and the other electors would be selected separately.
What is District Plan?
500
A directive rule or regulation that has the effect of law.
What is Executive Order?
500
Power of the President to issue executive orders; Originates from the Constitution, as well as acts of Congress.
What is Ordinance Power?
500
Benefits that, stated by Federal Law, must be paid to all who are eligeable.
What is Entitlement?
500
The policy of making America and its allies' military so strong that it will discourage or prevent any attack by another nation