100 word vocab
caseys words for current problems and issues
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- multinational corporation
- large corporation with overseas investments
- nuclear proliferation
- the spread of nuclear weapons to new nations
- nullification
- the failure or refusal of a U.S state to aid in the enforcement of federal laws within its state limits
- flexible response
- the buildup of conventional troops and weapons to allow a nation to fight a limited war without using nuclear weapons
- self-determination
- belief that people in aa territory should have the ability to choose their own governmnet
- corporation
- an organization that is authorized by law to carry on an activitybut treated as though it were a single person
- insurrection
- an act of rebellion against the established government
- facism
- a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and has no tolerance for opposition
- detente
- relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China
- subversion
- a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from within
- downsizing
- reducing a company in size by laying off workers and managers to become more efficient
- state sponsored terrorism
- violent acts against civilians that are secretly supported by a government in order to attack other nations without going to war
- containment
- the policy designed to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its power
- isolationism
- the avoidance of involvement in world affairs
- confederacy
- a loose union of independent states; name of government used by the southern states that seceded during the Civil War
- conservative
- a person who believes government power, particularly in the economy, should be limited in order to maximize individual freedom
- amnesty
- the formal act of liberating someone
- liberal
- a person who generally believes the government should take an active role in the economy and in social programs but that the government should not dictate social behavior
- amnesty
- the act of granting pardon to a large group of people
- poilitical machine
- an organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government
- impeachment
- a formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public official
- internationalism
- a national policy of actively trading with foreign countries to foster peace and prosperity
- imperialism
- the actions used by one nation to excersie political or economic control over smaller or weaker nation
- ethnic cleansing
- the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of ethnic minorities by a dominant majority group
- brinkmanship
- the willingness to go to the brink of war to force an opponent to back down
- communism
- an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions