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43 Cards in this Set
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amnesty
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group pardon
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martial law
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in which military is in charge and citizens
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trust
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group of corporations run by same board of directers
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settlement house
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center offering held to urban poor
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anarchist
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one who opposes all forms of government
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spoils systen
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system of rewarding political supporters with jobs
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initiative
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process by which voters give a bill before state legislatures
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referendum
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people vote directly for new law
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muckraker
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crusading journalist
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reconsintration
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the forced movement of a large number of people into detention camps
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protectorate
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an independent country whose policies are controlled by an outside power
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commucism
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economic and political system based on social classes and the right to private property is eliminated
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stalemate
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dead lock
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reparations
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payments for war damages
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deported
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return to home country
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desarmament
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limitation or reduction of military arms
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bootleggers
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liquor smuggler
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expetriate
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people who leave home to live abroad
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stock
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share of a company
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defaulted
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fail to repay loan
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pension
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retirement payment
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civil rights
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rights guaranteed by constitution
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totalitarian state
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nation in which a single party controls the government and everything about a persons life
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fascism
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political system based on militarism
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appeasment
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policy of giving into aggression to avoid war
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satellites
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nations dominated politically of economically by economic nations
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deregulation
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scaling federal rules for buisnesses
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guirilla
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soldiers in hit and run attacks
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affirmative action
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buisnesses and schools are encouraged to give preference to members of groups which have been discriminated
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civil disobedience
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peaceful refusal of unjust laws
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welfare
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governemt system where they give cash payments to poor
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superpower
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countries whose military and economic/ political things affect events world wide
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mcCarthism
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accusing someone of disloyalty without evidence
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censure
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condemn
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iron curtian
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way of referring to barrier to understanding info
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containment
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block soviet expansion
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perestroika
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program where aids to small communist countries are cut
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apartheid
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racial seperation and inequality
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sanctions
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penalties against country to pressure
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out sourcing
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work done in other countries
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e commerce
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buying and selling online
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free trade
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removal of trade barriers
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transisters
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circuits on small silicon strips
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