1. Jimmy Carter January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1981 Created & edited by Steve Armstrong SHS, 1994-2006

2. Inaugural ceremony

3. Carter walked Pennsylvania Avenue

4. Carter portrayed the White House as more relaxed

5. Carter took walks

6. Carter jogged

7. Carter helped daughter Amy with her homework

8. Carter appointed Andrew Young as U.N. Ambassador

9. Carter’s Mom, Miss Lillian, had been in the Peace Corps

10. Ambassador to Japan  President Carter appointed former Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield as Ambassador to Japan  Mansfield would be reappointed by President Reagan  Mansfield served 16- years in this position

11. Carter met Gov. Clinton

12. Carter tried to hold regular press conferences

13. Democratic Congress worked against Carter  Speaker “Tip” O’Neill was often at odds with President Carter  O’Neill, from Massachusetts, was apparently not pleased with a southerner as President  Carter distasted wheeling and dealing

14. Amnesty for draft evaders  President Carter gave amnesty to all Vietnam War era draft evaders

15. Domestic initiatives  Promoted development of coal to reduce dependence on foreign oil  Created two new cabinet level departments: Energy and Education

16. Carter’s “malaise”  By 1978, President Carter’s approval rating was down to 29% (lower than Nixon)  President Carter and his staff seemed to demonstrate their inexperience in governing  Carter did not seem able to effectively deal with the faltering economy and energy crisis

17. Carter’s foreign policy  President Carter showed support for Liberian President Tolbert in 1978  Tolbert was killed in a bloody coup two years later

18. Carter summit with Chinese leader Ping

19. Panama Canal Treaty, 1977  Every president since LBJ wanted to rid the USA of the Panama obligation  Carter agreed that the USA would give up control of the Canal Zone in January 2000  Criticized by Republicans

20. Camp David Accords, 1978  Carter brought Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin to negotiate a peace accord

21. Carter met with Begin,

22. Then met with Sadat

24. Camp David Accords officially signed in 1979

25. Three Mile Island disaster  Three Mile Island nuclear facility released radiation steam into the atmosphere (1979)  Environmentalists expressed fears against nuclear energy

28. Failure of SALT II  Carter signed SALT II and submitted the treaty to the Senate for ratification  Soviets then invaded Afghanistan  Carter response to the Soviets: Stopped grain shipments to Russia (which angered American farmers) Stopped grain shipments to Russia (which angered American farmers) Tried to organize a boycott against Russia Tried to organize a boycott against Russia Tried to boycott the 1980 Olympics in Moscow Tried to boycott the 1980 Olympics in Moscow

29. Grain embargo not popular with American farmers

30. Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-80  Iranians seized the American embassy in Teheran  American embassy personnel were held hostage for over 444 days

31. April 1980 rescue attempt failed

32. Carter’s approval rating plummeted  Carter froze Iranian assets held in American banks  Carter called on the world to engage in a trade embargo

33. Role of Walter Cronkite  Cronkite ended each evening’s broadcast with the sentence: “And that’s the way it is, the 233rd day of Americans held hostage in Iran.”  This added to American frustration against Carter