Ch 32 Flashcards
This was the program to distribute some federal powers to state and local governments
New federalist
This man was the 37th president from 1969-1974, wanted to decrease the size of government
Richard Nixon
This is distribution of federal money to state and local governments with few or no restrictions
Revenue sharing
This was a welfare reform proposal that garaunteed welfare recipients an income if they underwent job training and accepted work
Family assistance plan
This is when Nixon tried to withhold finding from LBJ’s programs but it was ruled unconstitutional
Impoundment
This was Nixon’s attempt to gain support of southern conservatives unhappy with civil rights
Southern strategy
This was the period of 1967-1973 marked by high inflation and unemployment
Stagflation
What caused stagflation?
Deficit spending from LBJ’s programs, global competition, and dependence on foreign oil
This organization sets oil prices, but our support for Israel during the Yom Kippur warbled to quadrupled prices
Organization of petroleum exporting countries (opec)
This man was Nixon’s secretary it state
Henry Kissinger
This is a foreign policy based on consideration of a nation’s power rather than its moral principles
Realpolitik
This is the policy of negotiating and easing tensions with communist nations
Detente
This was a 5 year agreement with the USSR to try and limit intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine launched missiles
SALT1 treaty
This was a scandal arising from Nixon’s covering up the breaking into democratic national committee headquarters in 1972
Watergate scandal
This man was the White House chief of staff
H. R. Haldeman
This man was the chief domestic advisor
John ehrlichman
This man was the former attorney general and the CRP’s director
John Mitchell
What did the watergate scandalists do?
5 men broke in to copy democratic strategy documents and then wiretap phones
This group’s leader was the security coordinator of something
Committee to reelect the president