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us history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| OPEC | organization of petroleum exporting countries emposed an embargo on oil |
| embargo | ban of shipping of oil |
| new federalism | a new partnership between the federal government and the state governments |
| SALT I | strategic arms limitation treaty, included a five year agreement that froze the number of intercontinental ballistic missles |
| watergate scandal | the breakin of where they installed illegal devices. president nixon apart of? |
| stagflation | inflation and unemployment both rose while economy stalled and stagnant |
| helsinki accords | a series of agreements on european security made at a 1975 summit meeting in finland |
| strategic defense initiative SDI | creation of a massive satellite shield in space to intercept the destrou incoming soviet missiles |
| star wars | another name for the SDI |
| AIDS | virus that spread from HIV to AIDS |
| downsizing | companies in several other industries also laid off workers to cut cost |
| deficit spending | spending more than the government has |
| birth control | controversy whether or not they should have it for women or if it is similar to having an abortion |
| WTO | more power to negotiate new trade agreements |
| realpolitik | a german word meaning pratical politics |
| southern strategy | nixon believed he would gain supporters of white democrats to get blacks to vote for him |
| s and l scandal | savings and loan banks made home mortgage loans to individuals |
| iran contra fair | traded and sold weapons to other coutries. |
| side supply economics | focused on not the demand of goods but the supply of goods |
| whitewater affair | clinton was accused of having taken part in fraudulent loans and land deals in arkansas years earlier |