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25 Cards in this Set
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Agrarian |
relating farmlands and their ownership |
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Bourgeois |
middle class |
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capitalism
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an economic system in which the means of production and of distribution are privately owned
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nail salon
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communism
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a totalitarian system of government in which the state owns all mean production and commonly suppresses individual liberties
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the state
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nepotism |
favoritism to relatives |
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spoils system
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the practice of distributing appointive public offices to party workers after a victory
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awards!
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gubernatorial |
pertaining to a governor or the office of governor |
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lame duck |
A public official who completing a term in office after failing to get reelected |
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bureaucracy
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government by numerous bureaus and officials, marked by inflexible routine and red tape
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red tape
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Lobby |
a special interest group that tries to get legislators to vote for or against a bill |
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Gresham's law
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the principle that bad money tends to drive good money out of circulation
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money money money. oh he got the money!
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monetary |
pertaining to money or coinage |
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bloc
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a coalition of nations or fractions for a common cause
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Alliance
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sanctions
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a measure such as a boycott or blockade, taken by one or more nations against another nation to enforce demands
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tea party
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felony |
a major crime such a murder, rape, or burglary |
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mediation |
deliberation to settle a dispute between nations or person |
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genocide |
the systemic killing of an entire people or nation |
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symposium |
a conference on a given topic in which various opinions are expressed |
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Malthusian theory |
if world population is unchecked it will outrun mean of support and inevitably lead to war.. etc |
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monroe doctrine
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any attempt by a european power in interfere in the affairs of spainsh american countries would be regarded by the united states as a hostile act
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Europe
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pacifism |
opposition war and violence of any kind |
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prohibition |
the forbidding by law of the sale or use of alcoholic beverages |
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apartheid |
discrimination and segregation enforced against nonwhites, as was practiced in the republic of south africa |
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naturalization |
the process of becoming a citizen |
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suffrage |
the right to vote |
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