Jimmy Carter

Which fact provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that the most important successes of Jimmy Carter's presidency were related to issues of foreign policy and diplomacy?

• Carter was instrumental in negotiating the Camp David Accords, which directly led to the 1979 Egypt-Israeli Peace Treaty.

• After Carter allowed the deposed Shah of Iran to enter the United States Iranian militants seized the American embassy in Tehran in November 1979, taking 52 Americans hostage.

• In 1980 Carter signed a federal law designed to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and also provided for the protection of 79.53 million acres of wilderness lands.

• In response to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Carter called for a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which increased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Jimmy Carter served in the Georgia Senate from 1963-1967. Which issue would he have been MOST likely to have dealt with as a Georgia Senator?

• The Cold War

• Desegregation

• Nuclear Weapons

• Atlanta Race Massacre

After losing the presidential reelection, Carter returned to Georgia and founded ________.

• the Carter Center.

• the Georgia Foundation.

• the Carter Institute.

• the Presidential Library.

Which of the following completes the list?

Became a spokesperson for Habitat for Humanity

Opened the Carter Center to support human rights

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

• A) Jimmy Carter’s Accomplishments as President of the United States

• B) Jimmy Carter’s Accomplishments as Governor of Georgia

• C) Jimmy Carter’s Accomplishments After His Presidency

• D) Jimmy Carter’s Accomplishments as a State Senator

With which U.S. President are the following accomplishments associated? Camp David Mideast Peace Accords, creation of new U.S. federal departments, ratification of the SALT II Treaty

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• Richard Nixon

• Gerald Ford