| A | B |
| silent majority | middle Americans/non-shouters |
| stagflation | dual condition of recession and inflation |
| OPEC | Orgination of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| southern strategy | tactic of Republican party of win southern states |
| affirmative action | policy gives special consideration to minorities and women |
| Watergate | political scandal |
| Twenty-fifith Admendment | affected presidential succession |
| executive privilege | Presidential right to keep certain information confidential |
| Gerald Ford | suceeded Nixon as President |
| pardon | officially forgive |
| Jimmy Carter | elected President in 1976 |