1. Malaise – The Carter Years R. Scott Peoples, Fairview HS, Boulder, CO

2. Election of 1976

3. Jimmy Carter Plains, GA Democrat Conservative Christian Nuclear subs Peanut farmer Governor of GA

4. Inauguration "We have learned that more is not necessarily better, that even our great nation has its recognized limits, and that we can neither answer all questions nor solve all problems."

5. Domestic Policies Reorganization of Dept of HEW Amnesty for draft-evaders Deregulation Gay Rights

6. Energy Crisis OPEC embargo, 1973 US imposes price controls National Energy Act

7. Stagflation Stagnation + Inflation Carter suggests price controls, Congress says no Paul Volcker – tight monetary policy Prime lending rate reaches 21.5% Measures work, but not until Carter is out of office “Domestic Summit” – early July, 1979

8. Pop Culture

10. “Malaise” speech I want to talk to you right now about a fundamental threat to American democracy.... I do not refer to the outward strength of America, a nation that is at peace tonight everywhere in the world, with unmatched economic power and military might. The threat is nearly invisible in ordinary ways. It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. We can see this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation.... In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. But we've discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning... I'm asking you for your good and for your nation's security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public transportation whenever you can, to park your car one extra day per week, to obey the speed limit, and to set your thermostats to save fuel... I have seen the strength of America in the inexhaustible resources of our people. In the days to come, let us renew that strength in the struggle for an energy-secure nation....

11. Message on Voyager I We cast this message into the cosmos.... Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, some — perhaps many — may have inhabited planet and space faring civilizations. If one such civilization intercepts Voyager and can understand these recorded contents, here is our message: We are trying to survive our time so we may live into yours. We hope some day, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of galactic civilizations. This record represents our hope and our determination and our goodwill in a vast and awesome universe. —Jimmy Carter, September, 1977

12. Foreign Policy SALT II –USSR initially rejects; tabled in Senate after invasion of Afghanistan Human Rights –Departure from earlier Cold War policies Nicaragua –Ortega v. Somoza US/China relations normalized Panama Canal Treaties of 1977

13. Middle East Anwar Sadat and Menachim Begin Camp David Summit and Accords Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, March 26, 1979

14. Iran Hostage Crisis January ’79 – Shah abdicates, Ayatollah Khomeini establishes Islamic Republic October – Shah admitted to US for cancer treatment November 14 – militants seize US embassy in Teheran –52 hostages, 444 days –Desert One – failed rescue attempt

16. Afghanistan 12/25/79 –Soviets invade to prop up pro-Soviet gov’t SALT II tabled Carter leads boycott of 1980 Olympics in Moscow –Soviets lead boycott of 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles Soviet intervention lasts 10 years –14,500 Soviet dead –670,000-2,000,000 Afghan dead; 1/3 of population flees; 2 million displaced within Afghanistan

17. Mujahideen Afghan freedom fighters –Name derived from same root as “jihad” (“struggle”) Received assistance from –ultraconservatives in Muslim world (fighters and $$$) –CIA (esp. Stinger missiles) When USSR withdrew in 1989, fought among selves 1993: Mullah Omar, leader of the Taliban (Pashto: “Student”), emerges victorious

18. Osama bin Laden: “Afghan Arab” Mujahid

19. Election of 1980 TFK primary challenge Ronald Reagan John Anderson The killer rabbit

20. Election of 1980 “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”

21. Legacy Habitat for Humanity Nobel Peace Prize, 2002 Elder Statesman, esp. re/ the Middle East

22. Legacy