Critical Vocab
Definitions for the critical vocabulary used in all the social studies classes, to help learn some of the harder definitions.
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- Insurrection
- an act of rebellion against the established government
- Flexible Response
- the buidup of concentional troops and weapons to allow a nation to fight a limited war without using nuclear weapons
- Imperialism
- the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or weaker nation
- Political Machine
- an organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government
- Amnesty
- the act of granting pardon to a large group of people
- Self-Determination
- belief that people in a territory should have the ability to choose their own government
- Communism
- an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions
- Nullification
- the failure or refusal of a U.S. state to aid in the enforcement of federal laws within its state limits
- Nuclear Proliferation
- the spread of nuclear weapons to new nations
- 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
- Conservative
- a person who believes gov. power, particularly in the economy, should be limited in order to maximize individual freedom
- Isolationism
- the avoidance of involvment in world affairs
- State Sponsored Terrorism
- niolent acts against civilians that are secretly supported by a government in order to attack other nations without going to war