| A | B |
|---|
| Richard M. Nixon | elected president in 1968 , resigned after Watergate |
| New Federalism | Nixon's plan to distribute a portion of federal power to state and local government |
| revenue sharing | plan by which state and local governments could spend their portion of federal money as they see fit |
| Southern Strategy | Nixon's strategy to attract white conservative Southern Democrates |
| stagflation | high inflation and high unemployment |
| OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) | organization of Oil producing countries |
| realpolitik | Kissinger's policy of political realism |
| detente | policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions |
| SALT I Treaty | Nixon's agreement with Soviet leader Breshnev to limit ICBMs armed with nuclear weapons |
| impeachment | formal accusation against someone in office |
| Committee to Reelect the President | bungled a burglary attempt against the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972 |
| John Sirica | presiding judge at the trial of the Watergate burglars |
| Saturday Night Massacre | series of resignations in the justice department following the refusal of Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox |
| Spiro Agnew | Nixon's Vice President who resigned after allegations of corruption |
| President Gerald R. Ford | became president after Nixon's resignation |
