USH Unit 12 Flashcards
Foreign policy should be based on power, not ideals or moral implications, nations do what is in their own best interest
Real Politik
Practiced detente with China, scientific and cultural exchange
Nixon and China
Term used by Nixon to refer to the many Americans that longed for an end to the turmoil that was plaguing the nation
Silent Majority
Nixon tried and successfully swayed lots of the Democratic south by promising certain things, such as only conservatives to federal courts and a Southerner in the Supreme Court
Southern Strategy
Ended several federal programs and gave more control to state and local governments
New Federalism
Federal tax money that is distributed among the states
Revenus Sharing
A policy that attempts to relax or ease tensions between nations
Detente
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, temporarily froze the number of strategic nuclear weapons between the United States and Russia
SALT I
Commitment by the U.S., Canada, and most of Eastern and Western Europe to three sets of recommendations focused on security, economic, and human rights issues
Helsinki Accords
Committee for the Re-election of the President, fundraising campaign for Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign during the Watergate scandal
CRP
Nixon’s advisers ordered five men to break into the Democratic Party’s headquarters at the Watergate complex and steal sensitive campaign information
Watergate
Principle stating that communications of the executive branch should remain confidential to protect national security
Executive Privilege
The losss of value of money
Inflation
Persistent inflation combined with stagnant consumer demand and relatively high unemployment
Stagflation
Whip Inflation Now, launched by Ford trying to reduce inflation, had little impact on the economic situation
WIN
Established peace between Israel and Egypt, two nations that had been bitter enemies for decades
Camp David Accords
Revolutionaries of the new Islamic republic stormed the American embassy and took 52 Americans hostage, released after 444 days, the day Carter left office
Iron Hostage Crisis
An active effort to improve employment or educational opportunities for minorities and women
Affirmative Action
Guaranteed reservation residents the protection of the Bill of Rights while still recognizing tribal courts
Indian Civil Rights Act
Written by Rachel Carson in 1962, assailed the increasing use of pesticides
Silent Spring
Environmental Protection Agency, set and enforced pollution standards, promoted research, and directed antipollution activities with state and local governments
EPA
A day devoted to environmental concerns
Earth Day
Established emissions standards for factories and automobiles, aimed to improve national air quality within five years, set guidelines and timetables for cities and states to meet
Clean Air Act
Toxic chemicals leaking from an old landfill in a housing development known as Love Canal, Carter called for emergency aid and relocated 500 families who sued the dump site company for $20 million
Love Canal
