Chapter 30 Flashcards
The practice of giving special consideration to nonwhites or women to makeup for post discrimination
Affirmative action
Wrote a book called “Silent Spring”. It brought attention to the dangers of pollution. She explained how chemicals used to kill insects travel through the food chain and affect people’s health.
Rachel Carson
Is to remind you each person of his or her equal responsibility to preserve and I,prove the Earth. April 22,1970.
Earth Day
He defeated Ford in a close election. As president, Carter wanted to show a new spirit of informality and openness at the White House. A former governor of Georgia.
Jimmy Carter
In 1978, Carter invited Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat and Israel prime minister Menachem Begin to the presidential retreat. After 13 days of meetings, the two leaders reached a peace agreement.
Camp David Accords
This theory calls for sharp tax cuts with the goal of increasing the amount of the money people and business have to invest.
Supply-side economics
The amount by which a government’s spendings exceed its revenue.
Deficit
Profits from this secret deal were sent to the Contras, in violation of the congressman ban. It became a national controversy when it was exposed in 1986.
Iran Contra affair
Became the new Soviet leader. To deal with his country’s economic problems, he began a process of political and economic reforms called perestroika
Mikhail Gorbachev
She was a assistant attorney general, state senator, and judge. She was serving on the Arizona Court of Appeals when she was nominated to the Supreme Court.
Sandra Day O’ Conner
The economic condition stagnant economic growth and high inflation.
Stagflation
This group worked to control the production and sale of oil to keep prices high.
OPEC
Nixon’s foreign policy decisions would be based on practical American interests, not on moral or political ideals. The German term meaning “actual politics”
Realpolitik
These talks led to a treaty limiting each country’s nuclear weapon.
SALT
While the watergate investigation was unfolding. Vice President Spiro resigned. Nixon appointed him to become Vice President. Soon became the President
Gerald Ford
