| A | B |
|---|
| detente | a policy which attempts to relax or ease tensions between nations |
| balance of power | the distribution of power among nations so that no single nation can dominate or interfere with another |
| embargo | an order prohibiting trade with another country |
| revenue sharing | money raised from federal taxes and given to the states for use at the state and local levels |
| affirmative action | an active effort to improve educational and employment opportunities for minority groups and women |
| tight money policy | the practice of raising interest rates to slow personal spending |
| deficit | the shortage that occurs when spending is greater than income |
| executive privilege | President Nixon's belief that all White House conversations should be kept secret to protect national security |
| impeach | to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office |
| amnesty | the granting of pardon to a large number of persons; protection from prosecution for an illegal act |
| trade deficit | the situation when the value of a country's foreign imports exceed the value of its exports |
| human rights | rights regarded as belonging to all persons, such as freedom from unlawful imprisonment, torture, and execution |
| apartheid | racial separation and economic and political discrimination against nonwhites, a policy formerly practiced in the Republic of South Africa |
| fundamentalist | a person who believes in the literal meaning of religious texts and follows strict obedience to religious laws |
| Henry Kissinger | appointed by Nixon as his national security advisor |
| Zhou Enlai | China's premier |
| Leonid Brezhnev | Soviet leader |
| Golda Meir | the prime minister of Israel |
| Anwar el-Sadat | the president of Egypt |
| New Federalism | reverse the flow of power and resources from the states and communities to Washington and start power and resources flowing back to the people |
| Watergate | apartment-office complex in Washington D.C. broken into by five men connected to Nixon's reelection committee |
| Sam Ervin | Senator who held hearings on the Watergate burglary |
| Gerald R. Ford | became the nation's 38th president after Nixon's resignation |
| Ronald Reagan | former Republican governor of California |
| Jimmy Carter | the Democratic candidate for president in the 1976 election |
| Three Mile Island | nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where a major accident occurred |
| Camp David Accords | marked the first time that Israel and an Arab nation had made peace |
| relax | to ease |
| technology | the use of science in commerce and industry |
| energy | source of usable power |
| controversy | arguments between opposing views |
| integrity | moral character |
| exceed | to be greater, to go beyond |
