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Civil war |
an internal competetion between an existing government and another group over control of a state |
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secession |
The seperation of a group from a state that forms its own seperate state |
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resource trap |
The tendency for resource rich nations to prone both tyrannical rule as well as economic instability due to an overreliance on one resource that leaves them extremely vulnerable to market shifts |
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terrorism |
The deliberate attack of civilians by a group for political motives |
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Riot |
The violent disturbance of peace by a crowd)- bread riot a riot that occurs in response to rising food prices |
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The Riot Act |
An act that was passed in 1714 that stated that any group of 12 or more could legally be declared a riot, subjecting to arrest and prosecution. This was often abused and lead to multiple massacres throughout the 1700s |
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Tulsa Massacre |
A mass attack against the black population of tulsa by the white population in which businesses were burned and people murder, ultimately leading to around 300 deaths in 1921. |
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political revolution/social revolution |
political revolution (reshape politics, example being revolutions to end slavery or reshape economy)- social revolution (reshape society often to combat inequality, with examples being the russian revolution which aimed to abolish private property |
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Which factors do and don’t cause civil wars/The ways in which conventional wisdom on civil wars was wrong |
Although conventionally factors such as Income inequality, lack of democracy, and ethic/religious discrimination were thought to be the main contributer to civil war, the true reason found is extreme poverty, political instability, terrian that is easy to hide in, large populations and external funding for rebal forces |
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differences in how terrorism is defined |
Terrorism is a term with an ambiguous definition that varies in different states, UN defines it as an act meant to provoke terror to the gerneral public. It is often used to delegitimize a rebeling group |
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who the FBI perceived as the main terrorist threat in the 1990s and how that changed after 9/11 |
Prior to 9/11 the FBI's main priority in counter terrorism in was domestic terrorism, with the majorty of terrorism committed by young white men with anti government sentiment. Post 9/11 there's a noticeable shift in how the nation think about terrorism, instead focusing on internation threats and islamic extremism |
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factors that lead to more media coverage of terrorism |
One of the main factors that lead to more media coverage of a terrorist event was the race of the individual committing the act, with muslim indivuals facing more that 750%more coverage from major news outlets |
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various types of domestic terrorism and the patterns post-2015 |
Post 2015 the types of domestic terrorsim we experience have come from far right groups, this includes attacks on churches ,abortion clinics, and government buildings. A famous examples being the storming of the capital on jan 6th |
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differences between Dr. King’s normative and empirical discussion of riots |
Although Dr. King's perspective on riots was that they were practically and morally wrong, he understood that riots were an inevitable symptom of people's frustration. |
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the positive and negative changes that occur in response to riots |
Riots have clear negative impacts such as destuction of property and lose of life but whats not oftened considered is the positive impacts. A notable example being the decision to locate csudh where it is today instead of its previously decided location in palos verdes. This was done by govener brown in respnse...Similarly in response to the riots we saw the introduction of the 1994 crime bill) |
