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1. NVC

2. HOT ROC: Liberal v. Conservative

3. President Jimmy Carter: DBQ

Essential Question: Was Jimmy Carter’s Presidency a “miserable failure”?Homework: Finish Jimmy Carter DBQ

HOT ROC: Liberal v. Conservative

• What do liberals view as the role of the Federal Government? What do conservatives view as the role of the Federal Government?– Which are the liberal and conservative political

parties today? – Give one example of a liberal policy and one

example of a conservative policy

The “Me Decade”

• 1970s often characterized as the “Me Decade”– People focused on self-

improvement through improving society

– Stopped believing the government and started believing in themselves

A Time of Political Transition • Unpopular Republican

Presidents during the early 1970s– Richard Nixon: resigns

over Watergate Scandal– Gerald Ford: Nixon’s

former Vice President, unpopular because of Stagflation

• Democrat Jimmy Carter elected President in 1976– “I won’t lie to you!”

Carter’s Foreign and Domestic Policy• Domestic Policy objectives

– Desires to end Stagflation: economy still in recession

– Desires to end dependence on foreign oil• National Energy Act

• Foreign Policy– Trying to promote

diplomacy over military action• Camp David Accords: peace

in the Middle East

– Iran Hostage Crisis: 66 Americans taken hostage in a major disaster in Iran

Results of Carter’s Administration

• Fails to win re-election in the 1980 Election– “Miserable failure, are

the words that come to mind.”—President Ronald Reagan, Carter’s successor

• Was the Presidency of Jimmy Carter a “miserable failure”?