Carter 1977-1981
Carter's presidency 1977-1981
All of Carter's presidency was negative apart from:
- Camp David
- Racial aspects omproved
- ERA
- Feminism
- Environment
- Created by: Dracupine
- Created on: 13-05-13 14:22
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- Carter
- Domestic
- Lost Votes
- Blue Collar workers disliked 'reverse descrimination'
- Felt blacks got more jobs than whites
- Energy Crisis
- Nuclear power to replace oil
- Lost votes
- Department of energy- but legalisation never ratified
- Congress refused
- Economic
- Stagflation
- Republican
- High-taxes
- Tried to decrease Gov expenditure
- Conservative NOT Democratic idea
- Republican
- $ in trouble on international money markets
- High unemployment (8.2 mill)
- Energy Crisis OPEC (oil producing company)
- Foreign
- SALT II
- No support from Congress
- Voters didn't feel he was winning Cold War
- Soviets invaded Afghanistan- Olympic Boyvott
- Cuban Refugees- Jobs
- Iran Crisis
- 'Eagle Claw'
- Camp David agreement (Israel 7 Egypt)
- Joined 2 countries together
- SALT II
- Social
- Racial
- Black Rioting
- Blamed Carter for not helping poor & unemployed
- 4 white policeman beat to death, a black innocent saleman
- Black Rioting
- Feminism
- 2 female cabinmet members
- Insisted at least 1 women be considered for each cabinet post
- ERA
- Supported but left to wife
- Not doing enough for Women though
- Racial
- Same policy of at least 2 cabinet members
- Racial
- Other
- Environment
- Policies continued to be important (Middle Class)
- Legislation to prevent chemicals from polluting the environment
- Environment
- Domestic
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