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Reading Quiz - The Carter Administration Flashcards

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Deregulation

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The reduction or removal of government controls in several industries.

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Amnesty

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A general pardon

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Affirmative action

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Policy that gives special consideration to women and members of minorities to make up for past discrimination.

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Camp David Accords

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1978 ah agreement between Israel and Egypt that made a peace treaty between the two nations possible.

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Dissidents

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Writers and other activists who criticized the actions of their government.

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Incumbent

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The current office holder.

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Democratic nominee

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James Earl (Jimmy) Carter vs. Gerald Fold

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Before Presidency, carter worked as?

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Engineering officer on nuclear submarines

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What did Carter feel was central to his view of the world?

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Religious faith (he was a born-again Baptist)

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Carter’s wife?

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Roaalynn

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Why did the people like him?

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After inauguration, he walked down street (not limousine) (a people person), less scary (cardigan rather than suit), like all others (no trumpet to announce entrance at official receptions

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“Washington outsider” advantages

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Not tarnished by failure or scandal; people liked him.

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“Washington outsider” disadvantages

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Found it difficult to her legislation passed, had no confessional experience, and no former colleagues in congress, and he lacked LBJ’s ability to win over reluctant politicians.

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Domestic policies?

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Little success. Public support faded as his programs floundered. (Economic issues, deregulation, energy issues, civil rights issues)

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Economic Issues?

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Inherited unstable economy; tried deficit spending to avoid another recession; as deficits grew, Federal Reserve Board increased money supply, but inflation rose 10%; cut federal spending = angry democrats; new federal budget called increase govt. spending, prices fell and rates soared.

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Interstate Commerce Commission

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Regulated rates and business practices.

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To encourage greater energy production?

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Removing controls on prices for oil and natural gas.

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Carter called need for energy conservation..?

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“Moral equivalent of war.”

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New Cabinet Department?

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Department of Engery

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Act passed?

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National Energy Act

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National Energy Act directives:

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  1. Tax sales on inefficient “gas-guzzling” cars.
  2. Concert new utilities to fuels other than oil or natural gas
  3. Deregulate prices for domestic oil and natural gas
  4. Provide rad credits or loans to homeowners for using solar energy and improving insulation in their homes.
  5. Find research for alternative energy sources such as solar energy and synthetic fuels.
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Three Mile Island nuclear issue

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Partial meltdown of reactor core occurred, releasing some radiation, people afraid and fled homes.

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Gave amnesty to..?

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Those who had evaded the draft during Vietnam War

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Regents of University of California v. Bakke

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Confess ordered Bakke be admitted into school; race can be one factor in admission decisions; signaled start of backlash against policy (affirmative action).

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One on Carter’s staff appointments

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United Nations ambassadorship for Andrew Young.

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Cornerstone of Carter’s foreign policy?

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Human rights

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Egypt’s president?

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Anwar el-Sadat

Visited Israel to negotiate

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Prime Minister of Israel

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Menachem Begin

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Secretary of State

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Cyrus Vance (incited Prime minister and president to Camp David

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Camp David

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Presidential retreat in Maryland Hills

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Camp David Accords agreement?

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Israel would withdraw from Sinai peninsula. Egypt, in return, became first Arab country to recognize Israel’s existence as a nation.

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Salt II

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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; limited number of nuclear warheads and missiles held by each superpower

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Soviet Leader

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Leonid Brezhnev

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Why did Carter boycott Olympics?

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Held in Moscow; issues with Soviet and Afghanistan

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Shah (king) of Iran

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Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi

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Iran Hostage Crisis

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Iranians took Americans hostage (because anti-war and Carter hospitalized Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi; let 52 hostages out once Carter was out of office. Greeted by Reagan.

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Replaced Shah?

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Khomeini

Anti-western! Had been in exile

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Democratic primaries?

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Senator Edward M. Kennedy but pulled out just as Democratic National Convention began

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Republican Candidate in 1980 but didn’t in 1976

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Ronald Reagon

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