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 Environmental Protection Agency

To spread awareness about pollution and its negative impact on the environment and human health

revenue sharing

 federal government gave the states the money to fund social programs and the states controlled the operations of these programs 

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)

Declared drug abuse “public enemy number one”, increased federal funding for drug-control agencies and drug treatment efforts

stagflation

stagnating economy and high inflation

stagflation why

Increased spending in Vietnam, rising foreign competition, job losses, “offshoring”

offshoring

U.S. companies created factories in foreign countries for cheaper production/labor costs)

Oil embargo 1973-74

OPEC oil embargo on US for support of Israel

Realpolitik

foreign policy based on concrete national interests instead of ideologies, supported by henry kissinger

Detente

 policy focused on easing Cold War tensions

Salt treaties

1972 treaty that froze the deployment of ICBMs and placed limits on anti ballistic missiles, a step towards reducing tensions with USSR

Watergate scandal

 Broke in and wiretapped Democratic party headquarters

US v. Nixon — Check and balance

no person, not even the president, is above the law. legislative and judicial branches checked the power of the executive branch

Southern strategy

Republicans appealed to white Southern voters

Silent Majority

“silent” group of moderate voters who were not actively anti-war