Economy
Government
Cold War
Miscellaneous 1
Miscellaneous 2
100
system in which the means of economic production and distribution are privately owned
What is capitalism?
100
collective heads of the various executive agencies functioning as an advisory group to the President
What is the Cabinet?
100
espionage agency created in 1947, coordinates other agencies in the intelligence community
What is CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)?
100
distribute government jobs through fair competitive examinations
What is Civil service?
100
lavish indulgence by the very rich seen as a duty of status
What is conspicuous consumption?
200
arrangements for exchange of goods and service following decisions by government agencies
What is a command economy?
200
system that grants power to various branches to keep the other branches within specific bounds
What is checks and balances?
200
political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full scale war
What is Cold War?
200
labor-management negotiation on wages and working conditions
What is collective bargaining?
200
business organization drawing money from large groups of share holders
What is corporation?
300
state plans and controls the economy, social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people
What is communism?
300
basic personal rights and protections in the Constitution
What is civil liberties?
300
mutual defense agreement among several nations pledged to come to aid of any member nation attacked
What is collective security?
300
official role of the U.S. President as head of the military forces
What is Commander in Chief?
300
society made up of a blend of numerous cultures
What is cultural pluralism?
400
spending of public funds obtained by borrowing rather than by taxation
What is deficit spending?
400
powers shared between the federal and state governments
What is concurrent powers?
400
post WWII policy to stop the spread of communism on a global scale
What is containment?
400
draft
What is conscription?
400
disband military structures
What is demobilize?
500
tariffs (tax on imports)
What is duties?
500
powers that are listed in the Constitution
What is delegated powers?
500
a relaxation of tense diplomatic relations between adversaries
What is detente?
500
attempts to preserve the natural environment
What is conservation?
500
proper and fair administration of legal procedures
What is due process?
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