Carter


 * PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER**

Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/carter My Website Spotlight blog post http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-jimmy-carter.html
 * Jimmy Carter**

Jimmy Carter bio https://youtu.be/MVlU7F5Gwo8

Miller Center http://millercenter.org/president/carter

Campaign commercials http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1976

Tempers Flare In Lines for Gasoline in 1979 http://youtu.be/G7SnaMphvug

Camp David Accords http://youtu.be/jYASjRMEWeA

Sam Donaldson on Jimmy Carter and the Camp David Accords http://youtu.be/VND0rAvqzcM

Ronald Reagan on The Misery Index http://youtu.be/FcXODiINQoE

1980 — The Carter Doctrine announced http://youtu.be/jjcMXKmW28E

The Iranian Revolution: Why It Still Matters Decades Later http://youtu.be/hoFTDPtT_cY

The Revolution That Led to the Iran We Know Today (WSJ) http://youtu.be/P82j90p7hYc

Iran Hostage rap http://youtu.be/c2Yt5ndQNr0

The 1980 Moscow Olympics Boycott | Flashback | NBC News http://youtu.be/jL_8vpos-Fk

Ask President Carter: How can students advance human rights? (Carter Center) http://youtu.be/AtqrV2mBB7Y


 * Election of 1976**

Carter took advantage of the reaction against Watergate to defeat Gerald Ford (New York Times) http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/nov-2-1976-carter-defeats-ford-in-presidential-election/

Campaign Commercials (Living Room Candidate) []


 * Camp David Agreements (1978)**

Camp David Accords (1978) (Milestone Documents) https://www.milestonedocuments.com/documents/view/camp-david-accords

Camp David Peace Treaty 1979 [great front page picture] (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0326.html#article

Peace Talks at Camp David (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/carter-peace/

Camp David (Presidential retreat in Maryland) []

Obama Commemorates Camp David Accords 30th Anniversary (Washington Post) []

March 26, 1979 | Israel and Egypt Sign Peace Treaty (New York Times) []

Finding Dulcinea: On This Day: Sadat and Begin Sign Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/March/Sadat-and-Begin-Sign-Israel-Egypt-Peace-Treaty.html


 * Iran Hostage Crisis (1979)**

On this day in history, 24 April 1980, the Iranian Hostage Rescue Mission ended in disaster []

U.S. permitted deposed Shah to come to the U.S. for cancer treatment. Iranian Muslim fundamentalists took members of U.S. embassy hostage

Read these articles for context:

The Iran Hostage Crisis—Part I http://adst.org/2012/10/the-iran-hostage-crisis-part-i/ The Iran Hostage Crisis—Part II http://adst.org/2012/11/the-iran-hostage-crisis-part-ii/ Tie a Yellow Ribbon — The Iran Hostage Crisis as Seen from the Home Front http://adst.org/2012/10/tie-a-yellow-ribbon-the-iran-hostage-crisis-as-seen-from-the-home-front/

CIA-assisted coup overthrows government of Iran (History.com This Day in History | 8/19/1953) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cia-assisted-coup-overthrows-government-of-iran

CIA Confirms Role in 1953 Iran Coup http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB435/

Finding Dulcinea: On This Day: Ayatollah Khomeini Returns From Exile []

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, 89, the Unwavering Iranian Spiritual Leade

http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/04/obituaries/ayatollah-ruhollah-khomeini-89-the-unwavering-iranian-spiritual-leader.html

Two Weeks in January: America's secret engagement with Khomeini

[Jimmy Carter presidency]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36431160

Ousted shah of Iran dies in exile (History.com This Day in History | 7/27/1980) []

Finding Dulcinea: On This Day: Iran Hostage Crisis Begins http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/On-this-Day--Iran-Hostage-Crisis-Begins.html

Remembering the Iran Hostage Crisis (BBC report) []

In pictures: Iran hostage crisis (BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/04/middle_east_iran_hostage_crisis/html/1.stm

A Review of US Presidents’ Policies Towards Iran (Finding Dulcinea) []

Syria could turn out to be Obama's Tehran hostage crisis (Telegraph) []


 * Unsuccessful US rescue attempt of Iranian Hostages**

Personal Account http://www.sgtmacsbar.com/Stories/Coach/Desert.html

Operation Eagle Claw http://www.helis.com/featured/eagle_claw.php

The Desert One Debacle (The Atlantic) []

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 * Hostages released** on Reagan's inauguration (January 20, 1981)


 * Human Rights**

Basis of Carter's foreign policy.

He was accused of a double standard:

Critical of Soviet Union, Argentina, and Chile

Willing to tolerate U.S. allies (South Korea, the Shah's Iran, Philippines).


 * Panama Canal Treaty** (1977)

Panama Canal Treaty (Today in History, Library of Congress) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep07.html

Treaty passed Senate by only one vote.

U.S. gave Canal Zone back to Panama on 12/31/99.

The Panama Canal Zone http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/1483/1518969/DIVI502.jpg


 * Soviet war in Afghanistan** (1979-1988)


 * Carter Doctrine** (1979)

U.S. would defend the Persian Gulf militarily from any Soviet invasion: Afghanistan


 * U.S. boycott of 1980 Olympic Games**

Olympic Boycott, 1980 (Historian of the State Department) http://history.state.gov/milestones/1977-1980/Olympic


 * 1979 Energy Crisis**

Jimmy Carter's Proposed Energy Policy (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/carter-energy/


 * Three Mile Island Nuclear Meltdown**

Three Mile Island: Jimmy Carter's Experience with Things Nuclear (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/three/peopleevents/pandeAMEX86.html

March 28, 1979 | Nuclear Accident Occurs at Three Mile Island Plant (New York Times) []


 * Carter lost the 1980 election to Ronald Reagan**

Campaign commercials (Living Room Candidate) http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1980


 * Assessment of Carter Presidency**

Everything—domestically as well as internationally—seemed to go against him. He is a fantastic ex–president.


 * Post-Presidency**

Nobel Peace Prize winner

Habitat for Humanity http://www.habitat.org/how/default_jcwp.aspx

Campaign against Guinea Worm disease (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/carter-guinea-worm/