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Carter's presidency faced many challenges including a weak economy, energy crisis, and foreign policy issues. Domestically, Carter attempted to stimulate the economy through spending and tax cuts, but inflation persisted. He established the Department of Energy to address energy issues. In foreign policy, Carter brokered the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt but faced the crisis of Iranian revolutionaries taking 52 American hostages in Tehran in 1979.
Carter's presidency faced many challenges including a weak economy, energy crisis, and foreign policy issues. Domestically, Carter attempted to stimulate the economy through spending and tax cuts, but inflation persisted. He established the Department of Energy to address energy issues. In foreign policy, Carter brokered the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt but faced the crisis of Iranian revolutionaries taking 52 American hostages in Tehran in 1979.
Carter's presidency faced many challenges including a weak economy, energy crisis, and foreign policy issues. Domestically, Carter attempted to stimulate the economy through spending and tax cuts, but inflation persisted. He established the Department of Energy to address energy issues. In foreign policy, Carter brokered the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt but faced the crisis of Iranian revolutionaries taking 52 American hostages in Tehran in 1979.
• The election of 1976 was between Republican Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter. • The Watergate Scandal was still fresh in Americans minds and Ford thought he could win the election outright. • Carter’s presidential campaign would be based around cleaning up the government and ran as much as he could against the memory of Nixon and corruption. • Carter would win the 1976 election closely gaining 50.1% of the popular vote. • Carter was known as the, “Outsider” with no formal experience in politics. • He was a former governor from Georgia, and said that he was just a peanut farmer that wanted to serve his country. • The people tended to respond positively to his attitude of a down to earth President. • To his inauguration he wore a simple business suit, instead of a formal outfit. • When the inauguration was over, Carter and his family walked to the White House instead of taking the limousine. • Carter created an informal presidency by his mannerisms. • When Carter took office unemployment was high, and the economy was in a recession. • Carter decided to increase federal spending and reduce taxes in an attempt to jump start the economy. • After a while only employment got better and inflation continued, so Carter decided to flip flop his ideas. • By doing so this made Carter look weak and unsure of himself. • New to the workings of Congress Carter needed support from democrats in Congress and received none. • As American money flowed overseas this created a trade deficit, or the value of foreign imports exceeded the value of American exports. • In April 1977 Carter presented the National Energy Plan, which aimed at resolving the energy crisis. • This plan would set of the department of Energy to help coordinate energy and come up with new alternative energies. • In the late 1970s Americans became worries with nuclear energy after the accident at Three Mile Island power plant in Pennsylvania. • Many protested to end nuclear energy, that is was to dangerous but Carter ignored them. • The nuclear power provided 10% of the nations energies needs. • President Carter based his foreign policy on Human rights, a concern that governments provide more opportunity and freedom to its citizens without the threat of persecution or violence. • He stated that any country who violated human rights would not receive aide from the US. • Carter would condemn numerous African countries for violating human rights, such as South Africa for its policy of apartheid. • Apartheid was racial, economic and political discrimination against non-whites. • To ease tensions with Panama over the Panama Canal, Carter signed two treaties with them. • This turned the US controlled canal over to Panama in 2000, agreeing that it would remain a neutral waterway open to all shipping. • Some republican senators tried to block the ratification of the treaties stating Carter was giving away US property. • The treaties passed the senate in 1978. • Carter brought peace to the middle east, he invited Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, and Egyptian president Anwar el-sadet to Camp David MD. • For two weeks the three leaders worked out an agreement known as the Camp David Accords. • This was the first time that Israel had signed a peace agreement with another Arab country. • President Carter signed the second S.A.L.T II treaty with the Soviet Union. • Congress opposed the ratification of this treaty because they believed it gave the USSR more power. • All hopes of it passing ended in December 1979 when the USSR invaded Afghanistan. • The US and other countries refused to take part in the Olympic games because of this action. • In the late 70’s, Iran was one of the most powerful allies to the US in the Persian Gulf region providing America with oil. • In January 1970 Islamic fundamentalists or people who believe in strict obedience to religious laws, forced the friendly Shah to leave Iran. • Muslim Leader Ayatollah Khomeini took control and was hostile toward America. All because of this guy…. • In November 1979 Iranian students with the support of the fundamentalists stormed the American embassy in Tehran, the capital of Iran. • They captured 52 hostages and the US was outraged. • America attempted to rescue the hostages in a daring desert rescue but it failed and ended up killing 8 American soldiers. • The hostages would eventually be released after Carter leaves office.