S.S. Vocab 11/15
vocab for social studies.
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- impeachment
- a formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public official
- bilingualism
- the practice of teaching immigrant students in their own language
- internationalism
- a national policy of actively trading with foreign countries to foster peace and prosperity
- 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
- 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
- corporation
- an organization that is authorized by law to carry on an activity but treated as though it were a single person
- self-determination
- belief that people in a territory should have the ability to choose their own government
- brinkmanship
- the willingness to go to the brink of war to force an oppenent to back down
- detente
- relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China
- amnesty
- the act of granting pardon to a large group of people
- fascism
- a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and has no tolerance for opposition
- insurrection
- an act of rebellion against the established government
- ethnic cleansing
- the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of ethnic minorities by a dominant majority group
- containment
- the policy designed to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its power
- imperialism
- the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or weaker nations
- state sponsored terrorism
- violent acts against civilians that are secretly supported by a government in order to attack other nations without going to war
- conservative
- a person who believes government power, particularly in the economy, should be limited in order to maximize individual freedom
- flexible response
- the buildup of conventional troops and weapons to allow a nation to fight a limited war without using nuclear weapons