carter and reagan quiz

carter’s foreign achievements (3)

• camp david accords: agreement between egypt and israel

• salt 2 agreement: limited internal production of nuclear arms

• panama city treaty: full panamanian ownership of canal

carter’s foreign failure

iran hostage crisis (1979): his rescue mission failed

iran hostage crisis 1979

carter failed to rescue the hostages at the US embassy and didn’t continue trying because he didn’t want to get involved with the war

basically says to the american people that he’s not worth fighting for, so he doesn’t get voted 1980

carter domestic achievement

conservation of energy → created department of energy

carter domestic failures (3)

• inflation and stagflation: high inflation and unemployment

• energy crisis: rising oil prices and shortages → long gas lines

  • led to him encouraging energy conservation

• 60 billion dollar national deficit: republicans labeled this as reckless spending

what did carter emphasize?

human rights

what did reagan promise? (3)

• to minimize federal government involvement

• a stronger military to confront issues with USSR

• to renew american confidence

what were americans unhappy with before reagan’s presidency? (3)

• US global power / status

• iran hostage crisis

• US economic problems

conservative politics (3)

used in reagan’s presidency

• smaller government

• lower taxes

• traditional values

reaganomics (3)

• tax cuts

• deregulation: removing government rules or restrictions on certain industries to encourage innovation and competition

  • potential unsafe environmental consequences

• cuts to some domestic programs

reagan famous quote

“government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem”