Jimmy Carter was the president to succeed president Ford after his fairly uneventful presidency. His actions as executive were fairly mixed, due to his involvement and eventual embarrassment in the hostage crisis in the Middle East.
Some of Carter's successes include leading the Egyptians and Israeli leaders to peace after having had war for some time. Carter also succeeded in helping those affected by toxins in the Love Canal incident, preventing the harm of many and even leading to the discovery of other chemical dump sites in many other locations in the US.
However, there were some unfortunate events that lead to the decrease in popularity for Carter. First, after many oil producing countries began to raise prices of oil, the US experienced an energy crisis. This lead Carter to try and tell Americans to limit themselves on heating and other forms of consumption of oil products. This eventually backfired after some Americans came to believe that Carter was accusing them of over consuming products and leading to the crisis themselves
Carter also had to face the Iran Hostage Crisis, where American embassy workers were held hostage for more than a year. After Carter's many failed attempts to rescue the hostages, it was Reagan in the end who received the credit for their release and return to the US.
Luca, you do a good job of summarizing some of the actions Carter took during his presidency. I think it would be beneficial to the class if you added some information about Carter's political ideology and what he believed was best for America. This is a well organized post and a good summary of Jimmy Carter's unpopular actions that led to his decline as a president.
ReplyDeleteYou did a good job of summarizing some of Carter's actions. I think you could have included more information on the topics you talked about. I'm really curious about the Iran Hostage crisis, and I think yo could have included more on that.
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