| A | B |
|---|
| Nixon | visited China and opened up U.S. Chinese relations; involved in a cover-up led to his resigning his job |
| Ford | only U.S. president not elected to office as vice president or president |
| Watergate | Washington office break-in that resulted in the cover-up and a president leaving office |
| detente | attempt at relaxing tensions internationally |
| balance of power | equal power among nations, prevented any nation from taking over |
| embargo | ban on shipments |
| shuttle diplomacy | traveling back and forth between capitals to try and solve a problem |
| OPEC | nations with reserves of oil that set the amount of production and prices of oil for the world market |
| revenue sharing | federal government gives part of th the federal dollars collected to state govenments |
| affirmative action | preference given to minorities in jobs and college applications |
| stagflation | combination of rising prices and slow economy |
| impeachment | charging a public office of wrong doing; a trial follows; if the person is found guilty, they can be removed from office; only 2 presidents have had this happen |
| amnesty | protection from prosecution; given to men who left US to avoid the draft |
| underemployment | working at a job below someone's level of skill or abiltiy |
| trade deficit | value of products imported is more than the value a country sends out or exports |
| human rights | freedom and opportunity for people |
| apartheid | found in South Africa; economic, political and racial separation of society |
| fundamentalist | people who strictly follow religious laws |
| deregulation | cuting the government's rules placed on business [example: air lines] |
| supply-side economics | Reagan's economic policy to stimulate the economy of U.S. by increasing the supply of goods and services - also called "Reaganomics" |
| fedeal debt | amount of money owed by the government |
| glasnost | Soviet Union leader Gorbachev's reform that encouraged the opening of the Soviet Union's society to new open ideas |
| perestroika | Soviet Union Gorbachev's reform that encouraged change |
| Strategic Arms Reduction Treat | firs time two nuclear powers agreed to destroy existing nuclear weapons [1991] |
| coup | overthrow a government |
| bankruptcy | when a person or company can not pay off their bills or debts |
| Panama Canal | Carter signed a treaty giving control of this area back to the country where it is located |
| Camp David Accords | President Carter arranged this meeting that resulted in an agreement to the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty; |
| Jimmy Carter | U.S. president: gave Panama back its canal; helped get peace between Egypt and Israel; had an energy crisis; outsider who had trouble getting support in Congress |
| Ronald Reagan | worked for deregulation of businesses; believed in supply-side economics; wanted an anti-missile defense system "Star Wars"; helped end cold war with Soviet Union |
| George H.W. Bush | saw the end of cold war during his term in office; faced the challenge of Iraq's invasion into Kuwait; fought Operation Desert Storm |
| William Clinton | while in office the U.S. saw a reduction of the budget deficit; worked for peace in Middle East; impeached |
| George W. Bush | won election in a controversial election; declared war on terrorism after September 11, 2001; fought war in Iraq |
| Saddam Hussein | dictator of Iraq that invaded Kuwait; identity unknown after recent war in Iraq |
