| A | B |
|---|
| silent majority | Americans who supported the government and wanted an end to the violence and turmoil |
| Southern Strategy | Nixon's attempt to get votes by appealing to conservative values |
| "Law and Order" | Nixon vows to work to achieve this |
| revenue sharing | granted federal funds to state and local governments |
| impounded funds | Nixon refuses to release moneys to programs he dislikes |
| Henry Kissinger | National Security Advisor under Nixon |
| detente | relaxation of tensions |
| Vietnamization | training South Vietnamese soldiers to fight their own war while bringing U.S. troops home |
| SALT I | treaty limiting nuclear weapons; signed by Nixon and Brezhnev |
| Federal Campaign Act | limited campaign contributions |
| John Dean | White House insider who testified against Nixon |
| Spiro Agnew | Vice President under Nixon who resigns after accepting bribes |
| OPEC | cartel of Arab and other oil producing nations |
| oil embargo | refusal to sell petroleum to any nation who sided with Israel |
| stagflation | inflation combined with a stagnant economy and high unemployment |
| Helsinki Accords | recognized post WWII Eastern European borders |
| Election of 1976 | Carter defeats Ford |
| Eleciton of 1980 | Reagan defeats Carter |
| windfall profits tax | assessed on oil companies to keep them from overcharging after deregulation |
| 1980 Summer Olympics | U.S. did not attend to protest Soviet human rights violations |
| Camp David Accords | Peace agreement between Egypt and Israel |
| leaders of Egypt and Israel | Sadat and Begin |
| Panama Canal | Returned to Panamanian control under Carter |
| Hostage Crisis 1979-81 | Iranians held 52 Americans captive |
| Grain embargo | U.S. would not sell to the Soviets to protest human rights violations |
| busing | used to achieve racial balance in schools |
| Allan Bakke | challenged affirmative action |
| affirmative action | attempts to achieve a greater racial balance in universities, for example |
| Jesse Jackson | founder of PUSH; sought the Democratic nomination for President |
| AIM | American Indian Movement |
| Shirley Chisholm | first African-American congresswoman |
| Education for All Handicapped Children Act | guaranteed all children a free appropriate education |
| Rachel Carson | author of Silent Spring |
| Silent Spring | anti-DDT book that sparks an environmental movement |
| smog | smoke + fog (pollution) |
| Earth Day | April 1970- Planned as part of a grassroots environmental movement |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Love Canal | site of toxic waste dump in N.Y. |
| Three Mile Island | Site of overheated nuclear reactor |
| fossil fuels | oil, coal, natural gas |
