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Richard Nixon won Southern Support in the 1968 election by promising to
appoint a Southerner to the Supreme Court
Evidence on Watergate seems to show that Nixon
ordered the cover-up
By the 1970s, the US economy had become heavily dependent on
foreign/ imported oil
President Carter imposed an embargo on the sale of grain to the Soviet Union as a result of the Soviet
invasion of Afganistan
As part of Nixon’s New Federalism policy, Congress passed
revenue-sharing bills
As part od the strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, Nixon and Brezhnev agreed to
exchange scientific information
The decline of American manufacturing was caused by
old and indefficient manufacturing plants
The 1978 Panama Canal treaties transferred control of the Panama Canal from
the US to Panama
The Orginization of Petroleum Exporting Countries announced that its members would embargo, or stop shipping, petroleum to countries that supported
Israel
What was the scandal called that originated form the Nixon admin attempts to cover up its involement in the break-in at the Demo National Committee HQ
Watergate
In 1969 Pres Nixon announced that the US would now expect its allies to take care of their own defense, a policy known as
the Nixon Doc
Pres Nicon dismantled a number of federal programs and gave more control to state and local gov., a policy called
the New Federalism
Shortly after the public learned of the US negotiations with China the Soviet Union proposed an American-Soviet high-level diplomatic meeting or
Summit
VP Spiro Agnew was forced to resign in disgrace when investigators discovered that he had
accpeted bribes (tch tch tch)
Pres Jimmy Carter felt that the most serious problem related to the US economy was the nation’s dependence on
foreign/ imported oil
In Aug 1975 Pres Gerald Ford met with leaders of NATO and the Warsaw Pact to aign the
Helsinki Accords
The Watergate crisis led ot new laws intended to limit the power of the executive branch, including the Ethics in Gov Act, the FBI Domectic Sec Inves Guidlines Act and the
Fedral Campaign Act Amendments
Revenue-sharing
federal tax money that is distributed among the states
Impounded
to take possession of
Welfare
aid in the form of money or necessities for those in need, especially disadvantaged social groups
Détente
a policy that attempts to relax or ease tensions between nations
Summit
a meeting between heads of governmen
Executive privilege
principle stating that communications of the executive branch should remain confidential to protect national security
Special Prosecutor
a lawyer from outside the government