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Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter. The nation’s most serious problem was its dependence on foreign oil. Conduct a “war” against energy consumption. Environmental Concerns. Oil Crisis. Deregulate the oil industry OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) PRICE INCREASES!!!

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Jimmy Carter

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  1. Jimmy Carter

  2. The nation’s most serious problem was its dependence on foreign oil. • Conduct a “war” against energy consumption

  3. Environmental Concerns

  4. Oil Crisis • Deregulate the oil industry • OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) PRICE INCREASES!!! • Had been difficult to pass on OPEC price increases to the American consumers • Oil companies could not make a profit, lacked the capital to find domestic oil wells • “windfall profits tax” to prevent oil companies from overcharging consumers

  5. Three Mile Island • A partial nuclear meltdown in Pennsylvania • Worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power planthistory • March 28, 1979 • Low levels of radioactive gases and radioactive iodines into the air

  6. Acid Rain • Seen as a major global environmental problem by President Carter • Mostly a problem on the eastern seaboard • The highly valued production of electricity in coal-fired utilities in the Ohio River Valley caused acid rain to fall on land in the Northeast and Canada.

  7. Toxic Waste • Signed a $1.6 billion “superfund” bill to clean up chemical toxic waste dump sites and spills • The fund covered the costof cleaning up abandoned hazardous chemical waste dump sites and spills • Recover any costs for cleaning up from those chemical companies found as having spilled the toxic material.

  8. Foreign Policy Issues The United States after Vietnam

  9. Oil Crisis, Middle East in turmoil • October 1973, OPEC declared an oil embargo • Egypt and Syria had attacked Israel, and the U.S. supported Israel • OPEC decided to “punish” the United States until March 1974 • By January 18, 1974, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had negotiated an Israeli troop withdrawal from parts of the Sinai. The promise of a negotiated settlement between Israel and Syria was sufficient to convince Arab oil producers to lift the embargo in March 1974

  10. Fall of South Vietnam, 1975 • The introduction of Vietnamization under Nixon. • January 1, 1975 People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) began their movement toward Saigon • April began rocket launching • By April 30th, South Vietnam was wholly under N. Vietnam control, workers in the US Embassy fled • North Vietnamese tanks smashed down the gates at the Presidential Palace to accept the surrender of General Minh • Saigon = Ho Chi Minh City

  11. Camp David Accords • 1978 – Historic Peace Treaty • Between Israel & Egypt • Because of the Arab-Israeli War, on Yom Kippur • First step toward achieving peace in the Middle East • Camp David Accords

  12. The Afghanistan Invasion • The Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979 to ensure that a pro-Soviet regime would be in power • In response to the invasion, the United States imposed a grain embargo on the Soviets. • It also withdrew from the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. • More importantly, the Soviet invasion resulted in increased defense spending in the United States.

  13. Iranian Hostage Crisis • A diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States • 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days. • From November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981 • a group of Islamist students and militants supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the American Embassy in Tehran

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