Download American Studies Harrison Carter: The Outsider as President

American Studies
Harrison
Carter: The Outsider as President
American Nation
pages 1026-1031
1. How did Watergate help Jimmy Carter get elected Presdient?
2. What happened to energy prices in the 1970s and what was the response of
President Carter?
3. What was the Three Mile Island Incident and how did it affect the public's
attitude about nuclear energy?
4. Why did a lot of American lose faith in Jimmy Carter and his administration?
5. What was the Panama Canal Treaty and why did President Carter feel so strongly
about returning the Panama Canal to the Panamanian people?
6. How did Jimmy Carter try to inject morality into his presidency?
7. What were the Camp David Accords and how did the Carter administration help
bring peace between the Israelis and the Egyptian people?