Jimmy Carter

Carter in the Navy

POLITICS• Became Georgia’s 76th governor in 1971.• Served as chairman of the Southern Regional

Education Board, the Appalachian Regional Commision, the Coastal Plains Regional Action Planning Commision, and the Southern Growth Policies Board.

• Became Democratic National Committee campaign chairman for the 1974 congressional elections.

• Won Democratic party nomination at the 1976 Democratic National Convention and was elected President on November 2,1976.

• Served as President from January 20,1977 to

January 20,1981.

A Different Presidency

Energy

Source: Office of Trade and Economic Development, Washington state. Available at: http://www.cted.wa.gov/energy/archive/FILES/PRFL/docs/key09/k09page.htm

Inflation

A Case Study: The March Inflation Rate - April 19, 2006. Source: Econed.org, available at http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM685&page=teacher

Interest Rates

Source: Christopher D. Merrett, The Future of Rural Communities in a Global Economy, University of Iowa Center for International Finance and Development. Available at: http://www.uiowa.edu/ifdebook/issues/globalization/perspectives/merrett.shtml

DOMESTIC ISSUES

• Deregulation• Energy• Environment• Inflation• Pardon of Draft Evaders• Three Mile Island• Social Programs

Support for Carter: "... One nation ... indivisible ...," February 22, 1977

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

• Afghanistan• American Hostages in Iran• Camp David Accords• Carter Doctrine• China• Human Rights• Panama Canal Treaty

Carter Approval Ratings

Carter’s “Crisis of Confidence” speech

July 1979 speech

‘Often you see paralysis and stagnation and drift. You don't like it, and neither do I. What can we do?...

One of the visitors to Camp David last week put

it this way: “…The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America." ‘

Khomeini: Spiritual leader, April 8, 1979

November 4, 1979

“Arc of Crisis”

Rescue Mission April 1980

Jimmy Carter: "It comes out fuzzy," May 21, 1978