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Good Morning!!!. NVC HOT ROC: Liberal v. Conservative President Jimmy Carter: DBQ Essential Question : Was Jimmy Carter’s Presidency a “miserable failure”? Homework : Finish Jimmy Carter DBQ. HOT ROC: Liberal v. Conservative.

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  1. Good Morning!!! • NVC • HOT ROC: Liberal v. Conservative • President Jimmy Carter: DBQ Essential Question: Was Jimmy Carter’s Presidency a “miserable failure”? Homework: Finish Jimmy Carter DBQ

  2. HOT ROC: Liberal v. Conservative • What do liberals view as the role of the Federal Government? What do conservatives view as the role of the Federal Government? • Which are the liberal and conservative political parties today? • Give one example of a liberal policy and one example of a conservative policy

  3. The “Me Decade” • 1970s often characterized as the “Me Decade” • People focused on self-improvement through improving society • Stopped believing the government and started believing in themselves

  4. A Time of Political Transition • Unpopular Republican Presidents during the early 1970s • Richard Nixon: resigns over Watergate Scandal • Gerald Ford: Nixon’s former Vice President, unpopular because of Stagflation • Democrat Jimmy Carter elected President in 1976 • “I won’t lie to you!”

  5. Carter’s Foreign and Domestic Policy • Domestic Policy objectives • Desires to end Stagflation: economy still in recession • Desires to end dependence on foreign oil • National Energy Act • Foreign Policy • Trying to promote diplomacy over military action • Camp David Accords: peace in the Middle East • Iran Hostage Crisis: 66 Americans taken hostage in a major disaster in Iran

  6. Results of Carter’s Administration • Fails to win re-election in the 1980 Election • “Miserable failure, are the words that come to mind.”—President Ronald Reagan, Carter’s successor • Was the Presidency of Jimmy Carter a “miserable failure”?

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