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| stagflation | a term describing a slowing economy mixed with high unemployment |
| Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries | an alliance of oil rich countries that coordinates oil policies |
| realpolitik | a foreign policy in which U.S. interests are put over ethical or principled concerns |
| Strategic Arms Limitation Talks | negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union designed to limit nuclear weapons |
| detente | a period of closer diplomatic relations between the United States and the Communist powers of China and the Soviet Union |
| Watergate | a scandal in which President Nixon resigned over accusations of illegal activity |
| Gerald Ford | The 38th president of the United States, he became president upon Richard Nixon's resignation. Ford later pardoned Nixon for his involvement in the Watergate scandal |
| pardon | freedom from punishment |
| affirmative action | an active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups and women |
| Rachel Carson | Author of Silent Spring and one of the founders of the modern environmental conservation movement |
| Jimmy Carter | The 39th president of the United States, his presidency saw a dramatic energy crisis |
| human rights | the basic rights of all people |
| apartheid | a system of segregation practiced in South Africa |
| sanctions | economic restrictions placed on a country in an attempt to change its policy decisions |
| Camp David Accords | an agreement between the heads of Israel and Egypt that began a process for peace in the Middle East |
| Iran hostage crisis | a scandal during the Reagan administration in which government officials were accused of selling weapons to Iran and passing the profits to a revolutionary group known as the Contras |
| Ronald Reagan | The 40th president of the United States, his presidency was the result of a rise in conservatism after the dramatic changes of the 1960s and 1970s |
| supply-side economics | economic theory that focuses on influencing the supply of labor and goods; it usually involves sharp tax cuts |
| deficit | the amount by which a government's spending exceeds its revenue |
| Iran-Contra affair | a scandal during the Reagan administration in which government officials were accused of selling weapons to Iran and passing the profits to a revolutionary group known as the Contras |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Leader of the Soviet Union who introduced perestroika and oversaw the dismantling of the Communist government |
