USH Unit 7 Vocabulary

Deals with the succession of president; appointing an new vice president; and removing a president if they are unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office

• POW

• Impeach

• 25th Amendment

• Affirmative Action 

The reduction or removal of governmental controls on business.

• Amnesty 

• Kent State

• Detente

• Deregulation

Official forgiveness of a crime; this severely damaged Ford's presidency when he forgave Nixon of all crimes he may have committed dealing with Watergate

• War Powers Act

• Vietminh

• Apportionment 

• Pardon

A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years of age and older.

• Medicare

• Miranda Rule 

• MIA

• Dissident

To charge a government official with wrongdoing in office. The first formal step in the removal process.

• Impeach

• Medicaid

• Pardon

• OPEC

The 200th anniversary; 1976 was a time of celebration as the US commemoration the signing of the Declaration of Independence

• Realpolitik

• Apportionment

• Bicentennial

• Amnesty

Distribution of representatives among the states based on the population of each state.

• Incumbent 

• Amnesty

• 25th Amendment

• Apportionment

Distribution of representatives among the states based on the population of each state.

• Deferment

• Apportionment

• Conscientious Objector

• Generation Gap

Policies designed to make up for past discrimination against women and members of minority groups by increasing their opportunities in employment and education.

• Affirmative Action

• Vietminh

• Escalation 

• Conscientious Objector

To give up an office or position, often formally. Nixon was the first president to do this.

• Vietminh

• Miranda Rule 

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 

• Resign