| A | B |
|---|
| Richard M. Nixon | elected president in 1968 , resigned after Watergate |
| New Federalism | system of revenue sharing proposed by Nixon which gave the states money to use as they saw 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 | policy that put American interests rather than political or moral ideals, first in foreign-policy decisions |
| detente | policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions |
| SALT Treaty | Nixon's agreement with Soviet leader Breshnev to limit ICBMs armed with nuclear weapons |
| hard hat | A symbol of the Silent Majority and those who saw student protesters as dangerous and anti-American |
| Silent Majority | Nixon's term for a large group of conservative voters who disliked the changes that took place in the 1960s. |
| Warren E. Burger | appointed Chief Justice by Nixon. This appointment, along with three other conservative justices, led to a Supreme Court that began to reverse civil rights decisions. |
| inflation | a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time |
| embargo | a ban - an order imposing a trade barrier |
| Henry Kissinger | served as Nixon's national security adviser and later secretary of state during Nixon's term |
| Leonid Brezhnev | Soviet leader whom Nixon visited in Moscow and worked with to slow the nuclear arms buildup |
