US History › Section O · The 1960s and 1970s › Topic O.8
Jimmy Carter's presidency
Jimmy Carter won the White House in 1976 as an honest outsider after Vietnam and Watergate. He brokered peace between Egypt and Israel and put human rights at the centre of foreign policy, but high inflation, energy shortages and the Iran hostage crisis dominated his single term.
In this topic
- An outsider wins in 1976
- Governing as an outsider
- Stagflation and deregulation
- The energy crisis
- Human rights and the Panama Canal
- Worked example: the Camp David Accords
- The Cold War returns
- The Iran hostage crisis
- Worked example: why Carter lost in 1980
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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