the american journey ch 32
Terms
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- counter-terrorism
- Military and political activities intended to combat terrorism
- grassroots
- People organizing at the local level around the nation
- budget deficit
- Amount by which spending exceeds revenue
- line-item veto
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Used by the president to cancel any individual items within
a spending bill - gross domestic product
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Value of all the goods and services produced in a nation in
a year - impeach
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To make a formal accusation of wrongdoing against a public
official - incumbent
- Candidate that currently holds an office
- Internet
- Worldwide linking of computer networks
- ozone
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Layer of gas that protects life on Earth from the cancercausing
rays of the Sun - global warming
- Steady increase in average world temperatures
- terrorism
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Use of violence by groups against civilians to achieve a
political goal - coup
- Overthrow of the government
- bankruptcy
- Selling off everything one owns to pay debts
- deregulation
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Cutting the rules and regulations government agencies placed
on businesses - federal debt
- Amount of money owed by the government
- glasnost
- Opening Soviet society to new ideas
- perestroika
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Moving away from the government’s near-total control of the
economy to more democracy and local economic planning