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22 Cards in this Set
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silent majority
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voters whom Nixon sought to reach who did not demonstrate, but rather worked and served quietly in “Middle America”
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stagflation
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the dual conditions of a stagnating economy and inflation
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
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a group of mostly Arab countries that cooperates to regulate the price and supply of oil
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southern strategy
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a plan to make the Republican Party a powerful force in the South by attracting the votes of blue-collar workers and southern whites
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affirmative action
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a policy that gives special consideration to women and minorities, in order to make up for past discrimination
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Watergate
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the scandal that began with a burglary of Democratic Party headquarters and led to Nixon’s resignation
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Twenty-Fifth Amendment
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an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that describes the process of presidential succession
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executive privilege
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the principle that the President has the right to keep certain information confidential
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Gerald Ford
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became President in 1974 after Nixon’s resignation
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pardon
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officially forgiveness
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Jimmy Carter
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a former governor of Georgia who was elected President in 1976
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Christian fundamentalist
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a person who believes in a strict, literal interpretation of the Bible as the foundation of the Christian faith
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amnesty
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political pardon
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televangelist
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minister who preached on television
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Helsinki Accords
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a document that put the nations of Europe on record in favor of human rights, endorsed by the U.S. and Soviet Union in a 1975 meeting
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human rights
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the basic rights that every human being is entitled to have
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SALT II
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an agreement between the United States and Soviet Union to limit nuclear arms production
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boat people
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people who fled communist-controlled Vietnam on boats, looking for refuge in Southeast Asia, the United States, and Canada
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sanctions
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penalties
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developing world
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the poor nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America
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Camp David Accords
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−agreements that provided the framework for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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a fundamentalist Islamic cleric who took power in Iran when the Shah fled in 1979
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