1138 Definitions

Question 1

organized group that seeks governing power by winning elections

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political party

Question 2

organized group that seeks to influence the making and content of governmental policy

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pressure group

Question 3

election in which voters nominate candidates for public office

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primary

Question 4

distribution of political offices as rewards for service to a political party

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patronage

Question 5

government made up of an alliance of several parties

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coalition

Question 6

political subdivision of a city

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ward

Question 7

voting district

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precinct

Question 8

Party levels listed from the bottom to the top.

Answer 8

precinct
ward committee
city committee
county committee
central committee
national committee

Question 9

encouraged bankers and businessmen to invest in important foreign areas

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dollar diplomacy

Question 10

first stated the U.S. policy of isolationism

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Neutrality Proclamation

Question 11

officially rejected the Roosevelt Corollary

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Clark Memorandum

Question 12

stated that the U.S. had the right to exercise police power in Latin American nations

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Roosevelt Corollary

Question 13

prevented Eastern Hemisphere nations from securing territories in the Americas

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Monroe Doctrine

Question 14

abandoned the policy of U.S. intervention in Latin America

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Good Neighbor Policy

Question 15

provided supplies to nations fighting Hitler and Mussolini

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Lend-Lease Act

Question 16

forced Spain out of the Caribbean

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Spanish-American War

Question 17

objectives a nation seeks in its relations with other governments

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foreign policy

Question 18

policy of avoiding involvement with other nations

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isolationism

Question 19

highest-ranking officer from each branch of the armed services

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Joint Chiefs of Staff

Question 20

methods Presidents have used to overcome negative Senate vote

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executive agreement

joint resolution

Question 21

conduct of foreign relations by negotiations among official representatives

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diplomacy

Question 22

ideological hostility between communism and individual liberty

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Cold War

Question 23

arrangement made between the President and the chief executive of a foreign nation

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executive agreement

Question 24

agreement that requires a majority vote of both houses

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joint resolution