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21 Cards in this Set
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deficit spending
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Paying out more money from the annual federal budget than the government recieves in tax revenues.
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Orginization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
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Group of Nations that work together to regulate the price and supply of oil.
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embargo
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A ban or a restriction on trade.
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New Federalism
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President Nixon's call for a new partnership between the federal government and state governments; President Reagan's plan to cut back the role of the federal governmant while giving more responsibility to state and local governments.
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realpolitik
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A German term meaning "practical Polotics," or foriegn policy based on intrests rather than moral principles.
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détente
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A relaxtion in political tensions between two nations.
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SALT 1
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Strategic Arms Limitation, a 1972 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union on limiting nuclear weapons.
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wiretap
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A listening device used to intercept telephone information.
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Watergate scandal
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Scandal involving illegal activities that led ultimately to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974.
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special prosecutor
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An attorney appointed by the Justice Departmant to investigate wrongdoing by government officials.
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impeach
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To charge a public offical with wrongdoing in office.
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stagflation
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Combination of high inflation and high unemployment, with no economic growth.
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War Powers Act
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1973 law limiting a President's abiltiy to involve the United States in foreign conflicts without recieving a formal decleration of war from congress.
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Helsinki Accords
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Series of agreements on European security made in 1975.
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bicentennial
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200th anniversary.
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incumbent
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Person currently in office.
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deregulation
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The reduction or removal of governemnt controls.
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amnesty
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A general pardon for certain crimes
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affirmative action
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Policy that gives special consideration to women and members of minority groups to make up for past discrimination.
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Camp David Accords
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1978 agreement between Isreal and Egypt that made a peace treaty between the two natioans possible.
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dissident
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A person who criticizes the action of his or her government.
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