Politics & Economics Vocab
A lawyer from outside the government
Special Prosecutor
One of the men involved in the burglary, James McCord, told the judge he was retired from government service; where in the government was he retired from?
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
Rise in the cost of goods
Inflation
Neighborhoods and schools were being segregated by custom and not by law, this is an example of what type of segregation?
De Facto Segregation
Many observers point to April 1970 and the celebration of ___________________ as the beginning of the environmental movement.
Earth Day
A fuel formed in the Earth from decayed plant or animal remains
Fossil Fuel
This person took office as president of the United States after Nixon's resignation
DAILY DOUBLE
Gerald Ford
The presidential race of 1976 pitted Gerald Ford against former Georgia governor ___________________, who had no experience in Washington
Jimmy Carter
Name 3 cities where African Americans had been elected mayor by the mid-1980s
Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.
Fog made heavier and darker by smoke and chemical fumes
Smog
A policy of transporting children to schools outside their neighborhoods to achieve greater racial balance
Busing
Principle stating that communications of the executive branch should remain confidential to protect national security
Executive Privilege
In 1973 the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries announced that its members would impose a(n) ___________________ of petroleum to countries that supported Israel
Embargo
An active effort to improve employment or educational opportunities for minorities and women
Affirmative Action
Housing development in New York state evacuated because of toxic waste
Love Canal
A policy that attempts to relax or ease tensions between nations
In 1969 President Richard Nixon announced that the United States would now expect its allies to maintain their own peace and stability in a policy known as
The Nixon Doctrine
Historic peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, brokered by President Carter
Camp David Accords
AIM's (American Indian Movement) most famous protest took place at ________________, ______________. U.S. troops had killed hundreds of Sioux there in 1890
Wounded Knee, South Dakota
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, one of the most controversial and influential books of the 1960s, assailed the increasing use of
Pesticides
Persistent inflation combined with stagnant consumer demand and relatively high unemployment
Stagflation
President Nixon dismantled a number of federal programs and gave more control to state and local governments, a policy he called
The New Federalism
Led by religious leader _____________________, the new regime of Iran distrusted the United States because of its support of the shah
Ayatollah Khomeini
Native Americans who viewed the government's efforts as too modest formed more militant groups, such as the __________________________. Their most famous protest took place at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
DAILY DOUBLE
American Indian Movement (AIM)
This Act restricted the discharge of pollutants into the nation's lakes and rivers
The Clean Water Act of 1972