LEGACY

Jimmy Carter is more famous today than when he lost the reelection in 1980. Carter became the worst presidential scandal in history. Carter was successful because he helped improve the relation between the United States and other nations. The fact that he got many degrees is also made people trust in him as the president of the United States. During his term he also motivated human rights around the world. Additionally, now he still helps people around the world and he has his Carter Center that helps poor people around the world. Carter Center is one thing that makes him more famous than in 1980 and because of Carter Center he just came to Thailand in the beginning of this year for building habitats. In other hand, it was always something wrong about him; for example, the firs of crisis braking, his poor image, and the scandals during his term. Those made him lost support, so that he lost the election.

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DOMESTIC POLICY AND AFFAIRS

Carter was unlike Johnson and Nixon. He was a reformer and progressive, who put his faith in science and technology to advance the human condition.

-Relations with Congress
Carter did have some successes with Congress, but often failed. Carter had success with his own program to derestrict the airline, trucking, and railroad industries, which lower transportation costs. He also got Congress to establish a "superfund" to clean up toxic waste sites.

-Energy Policy Success
Carter's main achievement was energy policy. During his term. U.S. oil imports had cut up to 65 percent. In 1976 the U.S. was still using energy wastefully that led Carter to pass the Emergency Natural Gas Act that gave power to national government to manage the natural gas. He also created Department of Energy to control energy supply.

-Poor Media Image
Carter worsened his image problem by giving the so-called "malaise" (a French word meaning illness) speech, in which he described a lack of confidence in America's purpose and its future.

-Scandal and Personal Embarrassments
Carter presented himself as a man of honesty to Americans for the most part, but the trust did not stay long enough. It was because the scandals that came out to attack him such as when his budget director was fired, and also the chief was accusing of using cocaine in the White House. Even though, in the end this scandals came out to be false but it did hurt Carter's image as president.

FOREIGN POLICY AND AFFAIRS

Carter believed in self-determination for all people. He also wanted the United States to take the lead in human rights. Carter also believed that the United States should avoid military power. In other hand, he wanted to improve the relation between The United Sates and Soviet Union. Carter thought it was better to have experts around him so he hired Zbigniew Brzezinski as his security adviser,and Cyrus Vance as his secretary of state.

-Human Rights
Cater focused on human rights the most. He also supported for Human Freedom worldwide.

-The Panama Canal
One of Carter's first challenges involved in Panama. On August 1977 when an "Agreement in Principle" was signed with Panama. Carter tried to support former president through a fireside chat but he failed. From this event opened the opportunity for republicans attacked Cater for being weak.















-Camp David Accords
Camp David accords is a foreign policy by the Carter Presidency in an effort to end the conflict of two Nation "Israel and Egypt." In fall 1978 Carter handed out his terms for peace between the two nations.
The Israel Prime Minister Menachem Begin agreed to withdraw his military forces from Sinai and give Egypt full control over Sinai in exchange of funds to rebuild Israeli
Military bases in the N*egev Desert Egypt President Anwar Sadat also agreed with the terms but caused his Priminister to resign at the end believing the agreement took the advantages from Eygypt more than it profits. The two nation agreed to the terms and made peace resulting the complete withdrawal of Israel from Sinai Peninsula and the US will also take a role as a watch guard preventing neither both country will attempt any attacks.
Sadly this event didn't give any political benefits to Carter while Sadat and Begin won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

-The Iran Hostage Crisis
The Iran Hostage Crisis began because Carter let Shah came in the United States and in the same time he mad Muslim in Iran get upset. November 1979, Students in Iran invaded American embassy in Teheran, Iran. They wanted Shah's money and property that Shah had spent outside Iran, and they also wanted apology from America. So Carter began secret negotiations but it did not work and it made his rating dropped badly.

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The Election

Carter had run for president in 1976. He used buttons, sticker, and poster as his plan to win the election best he was not well-known enough. He also known for peanut farmer and the man with the winning smile. Peanut jewelry, scarves, patches, and dolls were also used as the tools that help promoted Jimmy Carter as the COUNTRY CARTER. He promoted that he was going to restore public trust in government. He launched the campaign that benefit grass-root, but finally he could beat General Ford from Republican. After surprise victories in New Hampshire and Florida, Jimmy Carter came to democratic National Convention in New York, and got enough votes to win a first ballot nomination. Senetor Walter Mondale of Minissota served as his running mate. On Labor day 1976, Jimmy Carter met Gerald Ford in three televised debates and from the debate made up American's mind that Carter was good enough to be the president. Carter promised that America would become a nation of faith and vision of courage and greatness.

Alabama	Jimmy Carter	659,170	55.7	Gerald Ford	504,070	42.6
Alaska	Jimmy Carter	44,058	35.7	Gerald Ford	71,555	57.9
Arizona	Jimmy Carter	295,602	39.8	Gerald Ford	418,642	56.4
Arkansas	Jimmy Carter	498,604	65.0	Gerald Ford	267,903	34.9
California	Jimmy Carter	3,742,284	47.6	Gerald Ford	3,882,244	49.3
Colorado	Jimmy Carter	460,353	42.6	Gerald Ford	584,367	54.0
Connecticut	Jimmy Carter	647,895	46.9	Gerald Ford	719,261	52.1
Delaware	Jimmy Carter	122,596	52.0	Gerald Ford	109,831	46.6
Florida	Jimmy Carter	1,636,000	51.9	Gerald Ford	1,469,531	46.6
Georgia	Jimmy Carter	979,409	66.7	Gerald Ford	483,743	33.0
Hawaii	Jimmy Carter	147,375	50.6	Gerald Ford	140,003	48.1
Idaho	Jimmy Carter	126,549	36.8	Gerald Ford	204,151	59.3
Illinois	Jimmy Carter	2,271,295	48.1	Gerald Ford	2,364,269	50.1
Indiana	Jimmy Carter	1,014,714	45.7	Gerald Ford	1,183,958	53.3
Iowa	Jimmy Carter	619,931	48.5	Gerald Ford	632,863	49.5
Kansas	Jimmy Carter	430,421	44.9	Gerald Ford	502,752	52.5
Kentucky	Jimmy Carter	615,717	52.8	Gerald Ford	531,852	45.6
Louisiana	Jimmy Carter	661,365	51.7	Gerald Ford	587,446	46.0
Maine	Jimmy Carter	232,279	48.1	Gerald Ford	236,320	48.9
Maryland	Jimmy Carter	759,612	52.8	Gerald Ford	672,661	46.7
Massachusetts	Jimmy Carter	1,429,475	56.1	Gerald Ford	1,030,276	40.4
Michigan	Jimmy Carter	1,696,714	46.4	Gerald Ford	1,893,742	51.8
Minnesota	Jimmy Carter	1,070,440	54.9	Gerald Ford	819,395	42.0
Mississippi	Jimmy Carter	381,309	49.6	Gerald Ford	366,846	47.7
Missouri	Jimmy Carter	998,387	51.1	Gerald Ford	927,443	47.5
Montana	Jimmy Carter	149,259	45.4	Gerald Ford	173,703	52.8
Nebraska	Jimmy Carter	233,692	38.5	Gerald Ford	359,705	59.2
Nevada	Jimmy Carter	92,479	45.8	Gerald Ford	101,273	50.2
New Hampshire	Jimmy Carter	147,635	43.5	Gerald Ford	185,935	54.7
New Jersey	Jimmy Carter	1,444,653	47.9	Gerald Ford	1,509,688	50.1
New Mexico	Jimmy Carter	201,148	48.1	Gerald Ford	211,419	50.5
New York	Jimmy Carter	3,389,558	51.9	Gerald Ford	3,100,791	47.5
North Carolina	Jimmy Carter	927,365	55.2	Gerald Ford	741,960	44.2
North Dakota	Jimmy Carter	136,078	45.8	Gerald Ford	153,470	51.6
Ohio	Jimmy Carter	2,011,621	48.9	Gerald Ford	2,000,505	48.7
Oklahoma	Jimmy Carter	532,442	48.7	Gerald Ford	545,708	50.0
Oregon	Jimmy Carter	490,407	47.6	Gerald Ford	492,120	47.8
Pennsylvania	Jimmy Carter	2,328,677	50.4	Gerald Ford	2,205,604	47.7
Rhode Island	Jimmy Carter	227,636	55.4	Gerald Ford	181,249	44.1
South Carolina	Jimmy Carter	450,807	56.2	Gerald Ford	346,149	43.1
South Dakota	Jimmy Carter	147,068	48.9	Gerald Ford	151,505	50.4
Tennessee	Jimmy Carter	825,879	55.9	Gerald Ford	633,969	42.9
Texas	Jimmy Carter	2,082,319	51.1	Gerald Ford	1,953,300	48.0
Utah	Jimmy Carter	182,110	33.6	Gerald Ford	337,908	62.4
Vermont	Jimmy Carter	80,954	43.1	Gerald Ford	102,085	54.4
Virginia	Jimmy Carter	813,896	48.0	Gerald Ford	836,554	49.3
Washington	Jimmy Carter	717,323	46.1	Gerald Ford	777,732	50.0
West Virginia	Jimmy Carter	435,914	58.0	Gerald Ford	314,760	41.9
Wisconsin	Jimmy Carter	1,040,232	49.4	Gerald Ford	1,004,987	47.8
Wyoming	Jimmy Carter	62,239	39.8	Gerald Ford	92,717	59.3
Dist. of Col.	Jimmy Carter	137,818	81.6	Gerald Ford	27,873	16.5

Thank you:
http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/
http://www.historycentral.com/elections/1976state.html
http://millercenter.org/

Life and Backgroung of the 39th President of United States of America

-REAL NAME: Jimmy Earl Carter Jr.
-Born in Plains, Georgia, October 1,1924
-He is still alive, now eighty-six years old.
-Known as: Jimmy Carter
-He served just one term president
-Education: Georgia Southern College from 1941-1942, Georgia Institute of Technology from 1942-1943, United States Naval Academy from 1943-1946, and Union College from 1952-1953
-Marriage: Eleanor Rosalynn Smith on July 7, 1946
-Children: John William, James Earl III, and Jeffrey Amy Lynn
-Party: Democrat
-CAREER: Solider > Farmer > Warehouseman > Public Official > Professor
-He was the First American President born in the hospital
-After his father had died of cancer he resigned from the navy and came back to Georgia to save the farm.
-Until now Jimmy Carter has written total of twenty-four books.
-He is known for a man with the winning smile

Thank you:
-http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jimmycarter
-http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/carter