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| Watergate | A scandal arising from the Nixon administration's attempt to cover up its involvement in the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate apartment complex. |
| H.R. Haldeman | Nixon's chief of staff. |
| John Ehrlichman | Nixon's chief domestic advisor. |
| John Mitchell | Nixon's attorney general. |
| Committee to Reelect the President | An organization formed to run President Nixon's 1972 reelection campaign, which was linked to the break-in at the Democratic National Committeee headquarters that set off the Watergate scandal. |
| Judge John Sirica | The judge who presided over the trial of the Watergate burglars. |
| Saturday Night Massacre | A name given to the resignation of the U.S. attorney general and the firing of his deputy in October 1973, after they refused to carry out President Nixon's order to fire the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate affair. |
| Gerald R. Ford | Former Vice President who stepped up as President after Nixon's resignation. Upon entering office he pardoned Nixon in order to "move past Watergate". |
| Jimmy Carter | The Democratic candidate chosen to run against Gerald Ford who won the appeal of Americans with his soft-spoken charm. |
| National Energy Act | A law, enacted during the Carter administration, that established a tax on gas-guzzling automobiles, removed price controls on U.S. oil and natural gas, and provided tax credits for the development of alternative energy sources. |
| Human Rights | The rights and freedoms, such as those named in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, to which all people are entitled. |
| Camp David Accords | Two historic agreements between Israel and Egypt, reached in negotiations at Camp David in 1978. |
| Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini | A musilim religious leader who led a group of rebels in seizing control of Iran and subsequently took 54 American's hostage. |
