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- amnesty
- the act of granting pardon to a large groug of people
- fascism
- a political system headed by a director that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and has no tolerance for opposition
- political machine
- an organization linked to a political party that often controlled local goverment
- internatioinalism
- a national policy of actively trading witgh foreign countries to foster peace and prosperity
- insurrection
- an act of rebellion against the established goverment
- subversion
- a systematic attempt to overthrow a goverment by using persons working secretly from within
- liberal
- a person who generallyt believes the ghoverment should take an active role in the economy and social programs but that the goverment should not dictate social behavior
- brinkmanship
- the willingness to go to the brink of war to force an opponent to back down
- nullification
- the failure or refusal of a u.s. state to aid in the enforcement of fedral laws within its state limits
- isolationism
- the avoidance of involement in world affairs
- conservative
- a person who believes goverment power, particularly in th economy, should be limited in order to maximize individual freedom
- detente
- relaxation of tensions between the united states and its two major communist rivals, the soviet union and china