Unit 4 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. the leader of the executive branch
  2. 3. the ability to issue executive orders
  3. 5. a party’s formal statement of principles
  4. 9. a plan in which each State chooses electors and members of Congress
  5. 10. rules and regulations issued by the President that have the force of law
  6. 12. the name given to Article II of the U.S. Constitution, which establishes the office of the President
  7. 13. the ceremonial head of government
  8. 14. the way a presidential vacancy is filled
  9. 17. one of two votes cast by an elector, one for President and one for Vice President
  10. 18. the power of mercy or leniency
  11. 19. the act of waiting to the carry out a criminal sentence
  12. 20. the director of the executive branch
Down
  1. 1. the headlining speech a convention
  2. 4. the legal forgiveness of a crime
  3. 6. the leader of a political party controlling the executive branch
  4. 7. when a candidate who wins gets all the delegates chosen at the primary
  5. 8. an agreement between two or more independent states
  6. 11. a local meeting of party members who select delegates for public office
  7. 15. a voter who has not made up their mind at the start of a campaign
  8. 16. the act of acknowledging the existence of a country and its government