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13 Cards in this Set
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What are "natural rights"?
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Basic human rights such as life, property, and fredom
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What are "unalienable rights?
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Rights that cannot be taken away from a person.
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What is a "barricade"?
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A barrier or obstruction
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What is communism?
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Ideally, a political system in which most propety is owned by the government and shared by those governed.
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What is a scapegoat?
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a person or a group blamed for the mistakes or crimes of others
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What is genocide?
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The planned destruction of a whole group of people because of their race, religion, or nationality
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What is the Holocaust?
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The mass murder of millions of Jews and other people by the Nazis.
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What is an alliance?
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An agreement among persons, groups or nations to act together
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What is a stalemate?
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A situation in which further action is impossible or useless
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What is isolationism?
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A policy of opposing involvement of one's country in alliances or agreements whtih other nations.
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What is suffage?
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The right to vote
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What is a pacifist?
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A person opposed to all wars
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What is a gauge?
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An instrument for measuring
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