Chapter 22 Terms Quiz Flashcards
Silent Majority
the majority of people, regarded as holding moderate opinions but rarely expressing them.
Stagflation
an economy characterized by high inflation, low economic growth and high unemployment.
Affirmative Action
taking positive steps to end discrimination, to prevent its recurrence, and to create new opportunities that were previously denied minorities and women.
Watergate
Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign breaking into and planting listening devices in the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Office Building
Executive Privilege
the right of the president of the United States to keep confidential certain communications from subpoenas and other oversight measures by the legislative and judicial branches of government.
Gerald Ford
38th president who pardonded nixon pres from 1974
Pardon
Jimmy Carter
governor of Georgia
Christian Fundamentalist
Christians who believe that the Bible contains the actual word of God and that these words are all factually correct.
Amnesty
pardon of the military
Televangelist
an evangelical preacher who appears regularly on television to preach and appeal for funds.
Human Rights
Salt II
signed by carter limited the total of both nations’ nuclear forces to 2,250 delivery vehicles and placed a variety of other restrictions on deployed strategic nuclear forces.
Boat People
people who have left their country by boat, usually hoping to finding safety in another place.
Sanctions
an action that is taken or an order that is given to force a country to obey international laws by limiting or stopping trade with that country, by not allowing economic aid for that country
