the changing political environment Flashcards

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what is a tariff

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taxes which are put on goods going into, or out of, a country to encourage or discourage trading abroad

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what was the Great Depression Depression?

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the economic collapse that hit the USA in 1929

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what is meant by the term laissez faire?

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its French for ‘leave well alone’, this policy was introduced by Woodrow, and it was instated to decrease government interference: for example, not regulating business and not providing for the poor

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