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Carter’s Domestic Policies

Carter’s Domestic Policies. When Jimmy Carter was elected president, the US was still in a poor economic situation This was, in large part, a result of long term changes The manufacturing sector was shrinking due to automation and foreign competition The services sector was growing

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Carter’s Domestic Policies

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  1. Carter’s Domestic Policies

  2. When Jimmy Carter was elected president, the US was still in a poor economic situation • This was, in large part, a result of long term changes • The manufacturing sector was shrinking due to automation and foreign competition • The services sector was growing • More education was needed for high-paying jobs • Energy prices were rising, in part because of OPEC • Carter experienced mixed results when trying to fix the economy • The Nation Energy Act helped reduce US dependence on foreign oil slightly • Taxed gas-guzzling cars, aided the domestic oil industry, provided tax breaks to develop alternative energy sources • Carter tried a number of measures to increase employment and reduce inflation, none of which worked • The wide range of policies he tried made Americans think that he had no real plan • Gave a speech, known as the “malaise” speech, in which he complained of a “crisis of spirit” in America: made many Americans think that he had given up

  3. Discussions • Come up with four complex discussion questions regarding anything from this unit (Nixon, Ford, and Carter) • These should come from the upper levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy

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