1. Good Morning!!! 1.NVC 2.HOT ROC: Liberal v. Conservative 3.President Jimmy Carter: DBQ Essential Question: Was Jimmy Carter’s Presidency a “miserable failure”? Homework: Finish Jimmy Carter DBQ

2. HOT ROC: Liberal v. Conservative What do liberals view as the role of the Federal Government? What do conservatives view as the role of the Federal Government? – Which are the liberal and conservative political parties today? – Give one example of a liberal policy and one example of a conservative policy

3. The “Me Decade” 1970s often characterized as the “Me Decade” – People focused on self- improvement through improving society – Stopped believing the government and started believing in themselves

4. A Time of Political Transition Unpopular Republican Presidents during the early 1970s – Richard Nixon: resigns over Watergate Scandal – Gerald Ford: Nixon’s former Vice President, unpopular because of Stagflation Democrat Jimmy Carter elected President in 1976 – “I won’t lie to you!”

5. Carter’s Foreign and Domestic Policy Domestic Policy objectives – Desires to end Stagflation: economy still in recession – Desires to end dependence on foreign oil National Energy Act Foreign Policy – Trying to promote diplomacy over military action Camp David Accords: peace in the Middle East – Iran Hostage Crisis: 66 Americans taken hostage in a major disaster in Iran

6. Results of Carter’s Administration Fails to win re-election in the 1980 Election – “Miserable failure, are the words that come to mind.”—President Ronald Reagan, Carter’s successor Was the Presidency of Jimmy Carter a “miserable failure”?