| A | B |
| Richard M. Nixon | 37th president |
| New Federalism | Plan to give federal power back to the states |
| revenue sharing | Plan for the federal government to share money with state and local governments |
| Family Assistance plan | Nixon's welfare reform proposal to give direct relief to poor families |
| Southern strategy | Nixon's effort to attract Southern votes by opposing desegregation |
| stagflation | Situation that occurs when unemployment and inflation rise at the same time |
| OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) | Organization of nations that export oil |
| realpolitik | Nixon's foreign policy that attempted "realistic politics" |
| detente | Policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions |
| SALT I Treaty | Treaty to limit nuclear weapons |
| impeachment | The constitutional process for removing a president from office |
| Watergate | Scandal that forced Nixon to resign |
| H.R. Haldeman | Nixon's chief of staff |
| John Ehrlichman | Nixon's chief domestic adviser |
| John Mitchell | Attorney general and director of Nixon's campaign |
| Committee to Reelect the President (CRP) | Nixon's campaign committee |
| Judge John Sirica | Judge in the trial of the Watergate burglars |
| Saturday Night Massacre | Nixon's firing of Justice Department officials, including the special prosecutor investigating Watergate |
| Gerald R. Ford | 38th president |
| Jimmy Carter | 39th president |
| National Energy Act | Law that aimed to conserve energy |
| human rights | Rights and freedoms that all people should enjoy |
| Camp David Accords | Agreements between Israel and Egypt |
| Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini | Iranian religious leader who led the revolution against the Shah of Iran |
| Rachel Carson | Environmentalist crusader in the US |
| Earth Day | Annual day to celebrate the environment |
| environmentalist | Person who actively tries to protect the environment |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Federal agency formed to decrease pollution |
| Three Mile Island | Site of a nuclear plant that released radiation into the air |