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Modern America
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12
History
10th Grade
05/13/2011

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Shuttle Diplomacy
Definition
Diplomatic negotiations requiring long distant travel.
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Impeachment
Definition
To accuse a public official of misconduct.
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Presidential Pardon
Definition
Granted by President which releases a person from further punishment for a crime.
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Amnesty
Definition
A general pardon by the government.
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Recession
Definition
A slow down in the economy.
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Contras
Definition
Nicaraguan rebels, backed by the U.S who opposed the sandinista government.
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Sandinistas
Definition
Marxist revolutionaries who overthrew Nicaragua's dictatorship in 1979.
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Strategic Defense Initiative
Definition
A plan for a space based missile defense system.
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Yuppies
Definition
Young, urban professionals who measured success by what they owned.
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Glasnost
Definition
Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of encouraging freedom of expression in the soviet union.
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Perestroika
Definition
Gorbachev's plan for restructing soviet society.
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Contract with America
Definition
Ten point Republican reform plan in the mid 1990's Proposals include a balanced budget amendment and tax reform.
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