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27 Cards in this Set
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access to health insurance is linked to....
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race and income
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EPA
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largest federal regulatory agency in charge of dealings with air, land use, wildlife and pollution.
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Environmental impact statements (EIS)
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details possible effects of the policy, merely a procedural requirement, causes agencies to give up on construction
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Clean Air Act
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1970-charges the Department of Transportation with the responsibility of reducing automobiles emissions
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Wilderness preservation
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US is a world leader, endangered species act of 1973, national parks and forests
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dirtiest fuel
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COAL
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controversial energy source
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nuclear power---radiation leaks and explosions
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Superfund
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created by taxing chemicals---deals with toxic waste, clean up and where to store the nation's nuclear waste
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Medicare
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passed in 1965 as part of social security---inexpensive health coverage for elderly americans
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Medicaid
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health care for families with low incomes or limited resources
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Medicare and Social Security
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largest and most expensive social welfare programs
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unemployment
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percentage of americans actively seeking work
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Democrat vs. Republican in economic concerns
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democrats are more concerned with unemployment where as republicans are concerned with inflation
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Supply-side economics
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stimulate the supply of goods not the demand, argues that big government taxes too much and spends too freely
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Federal Trade Commission
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responsible for regulating fair trade practices and defends consumer protection (truth-in-advertising)
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recent antitrust case
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filed against microsoft---sued by the clinton administration for trying to drive AOL-time warner out of the internet browser business--monopoly
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infant mortality rate in US
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higher than other countries---lower for whites in America and higher for blacks/hispanics
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UN
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created in 1945, an organization whose members agree to renounce war and to respect certain human and economic freedoms,
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UN Security Council
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main power in UN
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NATO
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created in 1949, an organization whose members include the US, Canada, and most Western European nations, whom agreed to combine military forces and to treat a war against one as a war against all
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Secretary of State
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head of the dept. of state, key adviser to the president on foreign policy
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Secretary of Defense
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head of the dept. of defense, advises the president on military policy
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isolationism
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foreign policy course followed throughout most of our nation's history, whereby the US has tried to stay out of other nation's conflicts
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Monroe Doctrine
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reaffirmed America's inattention to Europe's problems and warned European nations to stay out of latin america
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Cold War
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war by other than military means usually emphasizing idealogical conflict, such as that between the US and Soviet Union from the end of WWII until the 1990s
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McCarthyism
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the fear that international Communism was conspiratorial, insidious, bent on world domination and infiltrating american government and cultural institutions
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detente
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a slow transformation from conflict thinking to cooperative thinking in foreign policy strategy and policymaking. it sought a relaxation of tensions between the superpowers, coupled with firm guarantees of mutual security
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