1. Period 3 & 7
WE will examine the presidency of Jimmy Carter and the key events that shaped his presidency.
Chapter 40 Notes Part 2
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2. Key Writings in US History
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)
Declaration of Independence (1776)
The Influence of Sea Power upon History (1890)
Common Sense (1776)
The Jungle (1906)
The Significance of the Frontier in American History (1893)
The Feminine Mystique (1963)
The Liberator (1831)
The Federalist Papers (1787)
The Gospel of Wealth (1889)
The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
The Atlanta Compromise (1895)
Twenty Years at Hull House (1910)
Silent Spring (1961)
Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)
How the Other Half Lives (1890)

3. Chapter 40 Carter Administration
In the election of 1976, Democrat Jimmy Carter beat Republican Gerald Ford to win the presidency

4. September 17, 1978, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel signed peace accords at Camp David

5. Iran's shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, who had been installed by America in 1953 and had ruled Iran as a dictator, was overthrown and succeeded by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

6. Iran stopped exporting oil; OPEC also raised oil prices, thus causing another oil crisis.
November 4, 1979, a group of anti-American Muslim militants stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took hostages
Hostages were never released until January 20, 1981-the inauguration day of Ronald Reagan

8. 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, which ended up turning into the Soviet Union's own Vietnam. The Soviet Union posed a threat to America's precious oil supplies
Carter placed an embargo on the Soviet Union and boycotted the Olympic Games in Moscow