Ch 30 Lewis Bobby

Ch 30 Lewis Bobby

New Federalism

• which would limit the power of the federal

  government.

Conservatism

• a belief in limiting the

  involvement of government in citizens’ lives.

Stagflation

• the economic condition of combined stagnant economic growth and high inflation.

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

• or OPEC. This group worked to control the production and sale of oil to keep prices high.

Realpolitik

• Nixon’s foreign policy decisions would be based on practical American interests, not on moral or political ideals.

• the German term meaning “actual politics.”

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

• These talks led to a treaty limiting each country’s nuclear weapons.

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Detente

• hostile relations,

Watergate

• the seemingly minor break-in exploded

  into a massive political scandal

Gerald Ford

• Nixon appointed Michigan

  congressman Gerald Ford as vice president.

Pardon

• freedom from punishment.

Affirmative Action

• the practice of giving special consideration to nonwhites or women to make up for past discrimination.

Rachel Carson

• brought attention to the dangers of pollution.

Environmental Protection Agency

• limit the release of pollutants.

Jimmy Carter

• a little-known former governor of Georgia.

Human Rights

• the basic rights and freedoms of all people.

Apartheid

• a system of laws requiring racial segregation.

Sanctions

• or economic penalties,

Camp David Accords

• After 13 days of meetings, the two leaders reached a peace

Iranian Hostage Crisis

• On November 4, a group of Iranian students

  attacked the U.S. embassy in Tehran, the capital of Iran, seizing about 90 American hostages.

Ronald Reagan

• approach to government was based on conservative ideas. He wanted to cut taxes and reduce regulations on businesses.

Reaganomics

• the economic policies of the former US president Ronald Reagan, associated especially with the reduction of taxes and the promotion of unrestricted free-market activity.

Supply-side Economics

• This theory calls for sharp tax cuts with the goal of increasing the amount of money people and businesses have to invest.

Deficit

• The amount by which a government’s spending exceeds its revenues.

Iran-Contra Affair

• terrorists. Profits from this secret deal were sent to the Contras, in violation of the congressional ban.

Mikhail Gorbachev

• became the new Soviet leader. To deal with his country’s economic problems,

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

• eliminating all medium-range nuclear

  weapons in Europe.