week 6 Flashcards
concurrent powers
powers in nations with a federal system of government that are shared by both the federal and state government
conscription
the compulsory draft into the military
consent of the governed
agreement of society for the government to be in charge
constitutionalism
idea that the power of the give should be distributed according to the constitution
corporation
type of business in which the money needed to run the company is obtained by selling shares of stock
coxey’s army
group who marched on washington to demand the government to create jobs for the unemployed lead by jacob coxey
corp-lien system
arrangement that sharecroppers offered crops to merchants in exchange for supplies
demobilization
shift from wartime preparations to a peacetime economy
depression
sharp drop in business
dètente
lessening of the military and diplomatic tensions between countries… example: US and Russia after the cold war