Jimmy Carter

There is an old Latin saying that reads, “Dimidum facti qui coepit habet sapere aude” (He who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise.). For proof of this, you need look no further than to our thirty-ninth president James Earl Carter Jr., more fondly known as Jimmy Carter. During his presidency,…

James Earl Carter Jr. was born on October 1, 1924 in Plains, Georgia. He was the thirty-ninth president of the United States and served as the nation’s chief executive when America faced serious problems abroad. After his presidency, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize a little while later in 2002 for his judicious and…

After serving as a Naval Officer for 7 years, Carter returned to plains, and in 1962 he entered state politics. 8 years later he was elected Governor of Georgia. As a governor, he strongly emphasized ecology, efficiency in government, and the removal of racial barriers. Jimmy Carter announced his candidacy for President in December 1974,…

From George Wallace to Newt Gingrich book by Dan T. Carter is more of a collection of four essays. These essays take a look at the role of race in the development of American politics. The four essays are “Politics of Anger”, “Politics of Accommodation”, Politics of Symbols”, and the “Politics of Righteousness”. Each essay…

Jimmy Carter and the Energy Crisis of the 1970’s In the speech that President Jimmy Carter preached he regarded plenty of important things, but one of the main ones was the issue with the energy. 0n his speech he says that one thing he has been asking himself is “why hasn’t the nation been able…

After all, so many things have happened throw out the years. At the time when both presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan took office, they both were facing the same problems. There were three main problems in economic growth, high unemployment, and high inflation. The united stated depend on the middle west for oil. You…

Unfortunately, not everything was successful throughout Carter’s administration such as the inflation and interest rates were very high and in efforts to reduce them caused a recession (Frank & Hugh 2006). Most importantly, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan caused the suspension of the SALT II pact (Frank & Hugh 2006). The capture of the American…

The 1980 election between Ronald Reagan and incumbent Jimmy Carter was a rare election in American politics. It is not often that the candidate challenging an incumbent wins. In this case, the incumbent was seen as incompetent and the challenger was so well liked by the people. In this election, the incumbent from the Democratic…