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APUSGOV: Foreign Policy
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Political Studies
12th Grade
04/28/2009

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Term
isolationism
1920-30
Definition
we don't want to be in another war
Term
containment and realism
1940-80
Definition
contain communism
national security interest
Term
disengagement
1970
Definition
less military involvement
Term
human rights
1990
Definition
in other countries
Term
hard power
Definition
military, economic (Tariffs, sanctions, and embargo)
Term
soft power
Definition
if a country exposes another country's problems, it will change policy
peace corps, AIS, movies, TV, sports
Term
expressed presidential powers
Definition
commander in chief, appoint ambassadors, negotiate treaties and executive agreements
Term
congress' formal powers
Definition
declare war, confirmation of ambassadors by senate, ratification of treaties by senate, power of the purse, military draft, foreign aid
Term
checks on prez power
Definition
war powers act, prohibit or limit foreign aid,
Term
Free Market
Definition
Laissez faire- the market is self correcting
Term
planned (command) economy
Definition
all economic decisions are made by the gov't and teh gov't owns everything
Term
fiscal policy
Definition
changing government spedning or changing the tax rate
Term
Keynesian appraoch
Definition
expansionary: increase gov't spending. output increases, total demand increases, income increases, unemployment goes down, inflation increases
Term
contractionary policy
Definition
gov't spending goes down, tax rates up, shrinks output levels and keeps inflation down
Term
Supply Side
Definition
increase in production, prices go down, decrease taxes, more working, unemployment goes down, inflation decreases
Term
laffer curve
Definition
tax rate changes the revenue
Term
monetary policy
Definition
if the gov't lowers interest rates, the banks will lower their interest rates, more people will borrow and more people will spend
Term
16th amendment
Definition
federal income tax
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progressive tax
Definition
a percent of the income paid as a tax will increase as income increases
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regresive tax
Definition
as your income goes up, the percetage you pay in tax decreases
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flat tax
Definition
everyone pays the same amount, regardless of income
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pay go
Definition
increase in spending in one part of the budget matched with spending decrease or increase in taxes
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