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Domestic Policy
AP Gov.
Term | Definition |
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Domestic Policy | administrative decisions that are related to all issues/activity within a nation's borders. |
LBJ's "war on crime" | |
gun control | |
federal spending on crime initiatives | |
harsher punishments | |
three strikes law | |
"war on drugs" | |
Edu.: Brown v. board | |
state gov. role | |
elementary & secondary edu. act | |
department of edu. | |
school vouchers | |
no child left behind | |
energy & enviornment: renewable resources | |
global warming | |
toxic waste disposal | |
environmental protection agency | |
environmental impact statement | |
clean air | |
water pollution control act | |
endangered species act | |
Health care: medicare | |
medicaid | |
veterans admin. | |
food and drug admin. | powers over manufacturing, contents, marketing, and labeling of food and drug |
clinton's health care proposals | |
obama care | |
social welfare: social welfare origins | |
social security act | |
LBJ's great society | |
aid to families with dependent children | |
temp. assistant for needy families | |
economic policy: Economic policy | |
federal reserve | |
mixed economy | capitalism coexists with and is tempered by gov. involvement in the economy. |
securities&exchange commission | regulates stock market and transactions. |
minimum wage | $7.25 employees are entitled to this. |
unemployment | americans seeking work who are unable to find it |
inlfation | rise in prices for goods&services |
office management and budget monetary policy fiscal policy | manipulation of supply of money and credit in private hands. |
discretionary spending | |
non-discretionary spending | |
national debt | |
deficit | |
world trade organization | |
anti trust policy | ensure competition and prevent monoply |