who are Jimmy's parents
james Carter, and Lillian carter
describe the iran hostage crisis
52 Americans held hostage for 444 days chrisis it followed the 1979 Iranian revolution and was brought up from fear thinking the United States was plotting a comeback for the overthrown shah
what party was Jimmy apart of
what are Jimmy beliefs
they were rooted in his Christian faith, focusing on human rights, peace building, honesty, and social justice.
what was his religion
he was a baptist
explain the energy and enviorment policy
created mandatory efficiency standards petroleum price deregulation, promotion of renewable energy sources
what was Jimmy's slogan?
a leader for a change,
why not the best,
a government as good as its people
what was the name of Carter's VP
walter f mondale
billy Carter, Gloria Carter, ruth carter
name some foreign policys while Jimmy was in office
human rights focus
Carter significantly changed u.s. polocy by cutting millitary aid to dictatorship in aregntina, Brazil, and Chile due to human rights violations
nuclear non proliferation
limit the spread of nuclear technology and conventional arms sales
refugee policy
adressed the boat people crisis by pushing for asylum in southeast Asia and accepting more refugees
ran from 1977 ro 1981 and he served 1 term
what was Jimmy's impact ont he future
his impact is his enviormental conservation and helped with energy sustainability helped with deregulation, and created the department of energy and department of education.
what was jimmys upbringing
raised in a rural household in Georgia, he grew up on a farm that lacked electricity, learned hard work from his businessman father and compassion from his nurse mother, he also attended the us naval academy
name three major world events and explain them
iran hostage crisis,
iran stormed the us embassy in tehran in 1979, taking 66 American hostages, this crisis lasted 444 days.
camp David accords
Carter televised a historic peace treaty between Israeli prime minister Menachem begin and egyptian president Anwar sadet
Soviet invasion of afghanistan
invaded afghanistan which results in the suspension of the salt ii nuclear arms treaty negotiations and this led to a us boycott of the 1980 miscow summer olympics
Panama canal treaties
Carter passed treaties promising to return control of the panama canal to panama by 1999
operation eagle claw
this is a failed rescue mission aimed at rescuing the iran hostages resulted in the death of 8 us men.
what strategy did he use?
he used the outsider persona, positioned himself as a non Washington person, promising to restore morality and trust to government
camp David accords, facilitated a historic peace treaty with the eqyption president Anwar Sadat and the isreal prime minister Menachem begin
Panama canal treaties, this was treaties being negotiated to transfer control of the panama canal to panama.
china relations, formally established full diplomatic relations with the peoples Republic of china in 1979
salt ii treatynegotiated the strategic arms limitation, it is a treaty with the Soviet union to curb nuclear arms.
name three domestic policies and explain them
economic policy
Carter signed a 21 billion dollar stimulus package and a 18.7 billion dollar tax reduction.
deregulation
the airline deregulation act of 1978 removed federal control over routes and faresm and the deregulation of trucking, rail, and telecommunications
enviormentalism
he expanded the national park system protecing 103 million acers of Alaskan land.
government reorganization
he created the cabinet level department of education and established the regulatory review counsilto reduce federal regulations
what was Jimmy's campaign like
it was a successful, popular, and tireless efforts he ustalizes a grassroot approach, and focused on rebuilding trust after Watergate.