SPECTRUM ORGANIZERS US HISTORY

Domestic Policy Government programs, and administrative decisions which are directly related to all issues and activity within a nation's borders

Foreign Policy  Consists of self-interest strategies chosen by a Country to safeguard its national interests and goals within its international relations.

Capitalism A way of organizing an economy so that the things that are used to make and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) are owned by individual people and companies rather than by the government

Communism A way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) and there is no privately owned property

Liberal  Believing that government should be active in supporting social and political change. More Government involvement

Conservative Believing in the value of established and traditional practices in politics and society : Less Government is the goal.