1. Gerald Ford
-un-elected leader
-appointed as Vice-President after Spiro Agnew resigned
-25th Amendment had worked flawlessly

2. Ford’s Administration
-set out to heal the country’s wounds
“long nightmare is behind them”
-restore honesty to the Presidency
-pardoned Nixon soon after taking office, but this brought great criticism from a cynical public

3. Policies
-inflationary problems
-called for voluntary reduction of energy resources
-WIN (Whip Inflation Now)
-reduced money supply through high interest rates---caused recession
-vetoed many spending bills b/c of inflation
-Helsinki Accords were foreign policy accomplishment

4. Outsider
-former governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter
-promised to bring integrity to the office
-Carter’s personality and honesty won the election

5. Jimmy Carter’s Agenda
-Dept of Energy created
-tries to lessen energy crisis
-economy worsens and no programs are helping
-changing economy
-manufacturing decreasing, technology & service increasing
-greater influence of minorities in Carter’s gov’t

6. Human Rights Policy
-promote human rights throughout the world
-giving up the Panama Canal
-breakdown of détente
-renewal of the Cold War
-later wins the Nobel Prize for his continued efforts to promote world peace since 1976

7. Middle East Crisis
-Carter’s Greatest Accomplishment
-Camp David Accords
-peace agreement between the leaders of Egypt and Israel---gave hopes of peace in the Middle East
Carter Greatest Defeat
-Iranian Crisis
-Shah
-Ayatollah Khomeini
-Hostage Crisis

8. Middle East Crisis
-Carter’s Greatest Accomplishment
-Camp David Accords
-peace agreement between the leaders of Egypt and Israel---gave hopes of peace in the Middle East
Carter Greatest Defeat
-Iranian Crisis
-Shah
-Ayatollah Khomeini
-Hostage Crisis

9. Middle East Crisis
-Carter’s Greatest Accomplishment
-Camp David Accords
-peace agreement between the leaders of Egypt and Israel---gave hopes of peace in the Middle East
Carter Greatest Defeat
-Iranian Crisis
-Shah
-Ayatollah Khomeini
-Hostage Crisis

10. New Movement
-Environmentalism grows
-Rachel Carson
Silent Spring, 1962
-establishment of EPA
-April 22, 1970
1st Earth Day

11. Environmentalism
-Alaskan Conservation
-Nuclear Energy debate
Three Mile Island
-Continuing Movement