Political Science 122 Final

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Barack Obama

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The President

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Joe Biden

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Vice President

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Hilary Clinton

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Secretary of State

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Eric Holter

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Attorney General

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Timothy Geitner

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Secretary of Treasury

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Robert Gates

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Secretary of Defense

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Harry Reid

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Majority Leader of Senate

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Mitch McConnell

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Senate Minority Leader

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Nancy Pelosi

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Speaker of the House

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John Boehner

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House Minority Leader

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Carl Levin

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Sr Michigan Senator

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Debbie Stabenow

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Jr Michigan Senator

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John Roberts

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Supreme Court Chief Justice

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1st through the 10th

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Bill of Rights

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5th Amendment

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Right to not incriminate yourself

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14th Amendment

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Equal Protection Under the Law

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9

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Supreme Court Justices

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100

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Senators

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435

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Voting people of the House of Representatives

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Pareto Optimality

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the belief that the goal of public policy is to make at least someone better off and no one worse off as a result of the policy

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Domestic Policy

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any government issue that affects only activities within our national boundaries

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Monetary Policy

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is the manipulation of actual currency in circulation in order to effect the economy

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Fiscal Policy

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is the government manipulation of economic variables in order to effect the economy

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Keynesian Economics

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is an economic theory by British economist John Reynes it uses government spending as a way to manipulate the economy

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Regressive Tax

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a tax whose negative impacts go up as your income goes down

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Medicare

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a federally funded and federally provided guaranteed program for the elderly and disabled

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Medicaid

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a federally funded but state administrated health program for the disabled and poor

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SSI Supplemental security Income

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an income net for disabled and elderly

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Public (national) debt

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simply the total amount of money that the government owes

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Budgeted Deficit

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we spend more than we take in taxes

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Niccolo Machiavelli (1503 The Prince)

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16th Century Italian Philosopher

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Foreign Policy

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a nations external goals and the policies we have to achieve those goals

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Isolationist Foreign Policy

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deliberately refusing to get involved in the worlds affairs

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Monroe Doctrine

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1815 1941 says that the United States will stay out of European Affairs as long as European Nations do not try to start wars in the Western Hemisphere

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Diplomacy

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communications between two countries/settling conflicts by peaceful means

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Moral Idealism

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all countries act ethically and morally

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League of nations

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an international organization developed by Woodrow Wilson to peacefully resolve international conflicts

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Tariff

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a tax on imported goods

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Political Realism

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Nations act principally in their own interest

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Marshall Plan

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the American plan to rebuild western Europe at the end of WWII

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Cold War

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the ideological war of words between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1945 1989

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Iron Curtain

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term given by Winston Churchill used to describe the communications and ideological barrier between the communist Eastern European nations and the Democratic Western nations

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Truman Doctrine

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The United States would stop communism wherever it tried to spread especially in south eastern Europe

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Military Industrial Complex

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uses American fears to build itself up the mutually beneficial relationship between the department of defense and the defense contractors to ensure that the dept of defense obtains a large portion of the American budget

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Mutually Assured Destruction

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(MAD) means that if you are attacked by an opponent who can wipe you out they can be sure that you will also wipe them out when you retaliate

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Deterrence

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you have enough weapons hand to make sure your opponent thinks twice before attacking you

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Domino Theory

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(1960s) the belief that if one country fell to communism one by one that countries neighbors would fall to communism also.

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SALT I Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Part I

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an agreement of the US and Soviet Union to reduce the total number of Atomic Warheads we each