| A | B |
|---|
| Silent Majority | Americans who disliked the protests of the 60's and blamed the government for high taxes |
| Southern Strategy | Nixon's opposition to the civil rights legislation to win support of Southern Democrats |
| Stagflation | Economic period of high unemployment and inflation |
| OPEC | Alliance of the 5 largest oil producing countries to control price and production of oil |
| Energy Crisis | Caused by the oil embargo that resulted in high fuel prices and gas shortages |
| Realpolitik | The idea that the U.S. would only interfere with other countries if it would advance U.S. interests |
| SALT | The U.S. & U.S.S.R. agreed to limit the number and types of nuclear missiles |
| Detente | The relations between the U.S. & U.S.S.R. became less hostile |
| Watergate | An incident in which some people were caught breaking into the Democratic National Office in a hotel |
| CIA | Many of the burglars had ties to this government organization |
| Republicans | Political party that many people first blamed for the break-in at the Watergate hotel |
| White House Tapes | What Nixon refused to give the Senate Committee that was investigating Watergate |
| Deepthroat | The code-name for the unknown person who informed two reporters from the Washington Post about the cover-up with Watergate |
| FBI | The government organization that Deepthroat work for |
| Gerald Ford | This senator took over as President when Nixon resigned |
| Pardon | What Ford did for Nixon so he wouldn't be punished for his involvement with Watergate |
