EXECUTIVE BRANCH: VOCABULARY (CHAP. 9/10)

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Across
  1. 1. an event held before an election where members of a political party select delegates to send to the national party convention, where they will also vote to nominate a candidate
  2. 4. a meeting held for the purpose of proposing and voting on amendments; a meeting where political party members who have been chosen as delegates from each state vote for the candidate supported by their state’s voters
  3. 6. legally-binding pact between the president and the head of a foreign government that does not require Senate approval
  4. 8. one who works for a department or agency of the federal government; a civil servant
  5. 9. to refuse to spend
  6. 10. a presidential order that releases a person from legal punishment
  7. 11. a presidential order that pardons a group of people who have committed an offense against the government
  8. 12. a rule issued by the president that has the force of law
  9. 14. an event held before an election where members of the party go to the polls and vote on which candidate they want to see earn their party’s nomination
  10. 17. to accuse a public official of misconduct in office
  11. 18. the institution that is composed of a set of electors who are chosen to elect a president and vice president into office every four years
Down
  1. 1. the president’s closest advisers, consisting of the vice president, the secretaries of each of the 15 executive departments, and other top government officials that help the president make decisions and policy
  2. 2. the action or process of inheriting a title or office
  3. 3. powers not described in the Constitution, but that have been claimed by presidents
  4. 5. a great majority of votes for one side
  5. 7. the right of the president and other high-ranking executive officers to refuse to testify before Congress or a court
  6. 13. a presidential order that postpones legal punishment
  7. 15. a formal order given by a higher authority; an authorization to act given to a representative
  8. 16. an independent regulatory agency created by Congress to enforce federal election laws
  9. 19. a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries