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- Internationalism
- a national policy of actively trading with foreign countries to foster peace and prosperity
- Brinkmanship
- the willingness to go to the brink of war to force an opponent to back down
- Isolationism
- the avoidance of involvement in world affairs
- Amnesty
- the act of granting pardon to a large group of people
- Confederacy
- a loose union of independent states;name of government used by the southern states that seceded during the Civil War
- Imperialism
- the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or weaker nation
- Bilingualism
- the practice of teaching immigrant students in their own language
- Nuclear Proliferation
- the spread of nuclear weapons to new nations
- Containment
- the policy designed to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its power
- Fascism
- a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and has no tolerance for opposition
- Flexible Response
- the buildup of conventional troops and weapons to allow a nation to fight a limited war without using nuclear weapons
- Political Machine
- an organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government
- 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
- Nullification
- the failure or refusal of a U.S. state to aid in the enforcement of federal laws within its state limits
- Conservative
- a person who believes government power,particularly in the economy, should be limited in order to maximize individual freedom