| 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 |
| Family Assistance Plan | Nixon proposal to overhaul the welfare program |
| Southern Strategy | Nixon's strategy to attract white conservative Southern Democrates |
| Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education | allowed busing of students to achieve rcial balance |
| 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 |
| H.R. Haldeman | White House Chief of Staff under Nixon |
| John Ehrlichmam | Nixon's Chief domestic advisor |
| John Mitchell | Nixon's attorney general |
| 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 |
| Gerald R. Ford | Spiro Agnew's replacement as Vice President |
| President Gerald R. Ford | became president after Nixon's resignation |
| Jimmy Carter | beat Ford in the 1976 election |
| National Energy Act | programs designed to reduce energy consupmption and increase production of energy at home |
| human rights | basic consideration of Carter foreign policy |
| Camp David Accords | peace agreement between Egypt and Israel |
| Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeni | muslim religious leader who led a revolution to overthrow the Shah of Iran |
| Allan Bakke | sued the University of California for reverse discrimination |
| Rachel Carson | author of "Silent Spring", an environmental activist |
| Earth Day | established in 1970 to highlight concern for the environment |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | federal agency founded to enforce environmental laws |
| environmentalist | someone who takes an active role in the protection of the environment |
| Three Mile Island | worst nuclear plant accident in US history |
