| Term | Definition |
|---|
| realpolitik | politics based on pratical rather than moral or ideological considerations |
| terrorism | the calculateed use of voilence against civilians in order to attain goals that are political |
| Integration | the act of incorporating a religious or racial groups into mainstream society |
| civil disobedience | the active rufusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of the government, or of an occupying power, without resorting to physical violence |
| segregation | the act of barring entry of religious or racial groups in mainstream society |
| brinkmanship | is an method of behavior, especially in politics, in which one deliberatly gets into dangerous situations which could result in diaster but which could also bring success |
| containment | policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully |
| domino theory | the political theory thast if one nation comes under communist control the neighboring nations will also come under communist control |
| flexible response | felixbal response calls for mutal deterrence at strategic, tactical, and conventional levels, giving the United States the capapbility to respond to aggression across the spectrum of warfare, not limited only to nuclear arms |
| conservatism | political philosophies that favor tradition, in which tradition refers to various religous, cultural, or nationally defined beliefs and customs. |
| liberalism | political orrientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution |
| McCarthyism | describes a time period in the early call to war in which people were unscrupulously accused of being disloyal |
| imperialism | policy of extending one countries rule over foreign areas |
| nationalism | the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other |
| capitalism | a type of economic system in which goods are owned by private citizens |
| industrialism | the concept of building an economy on large corporations that manufacture goods rather than agricultural productions |
| melting pot theory | analogy of american immigration in which the ingredients in the pot are combined so as to develope a multi ethnic society |
| muckraker | journalist whose goal is to search out and publicly expose real or apparent misconduct in social institutions and commities |
| nativism | opposition to immigration which originated in united states politics with roots in the countries historic role as a melting pot |
| Social Darwinism | theory that competition among all individuals, groups, nations or ideas drives social mobility and success |
| economic depression | financial distress caused by high unemployment and low consumer spending |
| isolationism | policy on nonparticipation in international economic and political relations |
| socialism | an economis system based on state ownership of capital |
| escalation | the phenomenon of something getting more intense step by step, for example a quarrel, or, notably,military presence |
| alliance system | a group of nations or organizations formed to support a common goal |
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