1980 between President Jimmy Carter and his Republican challenger‚ Ronald Reagan. At the end of their 90-minute debate‚ each candidate was given 3 minutes to make a closing statement. Reagan had cleverly posed a series of questions to which he knew the majority of voters would answer in the negative. And with the election day less than a week away‚ he managed to shape the way voters would make up their minds in these vital last days of the campaign. Support for President Carter fell away badly following
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an economic crisis for the ages and they chose Ronald Reagan to deal with it. By the end of Jimmy Carter’s presidency the interest rate was 15.26 percent‚ inflation was at 12.5 percent and unemployment at 7.1 percent and these rates were still on the rise.[1] Coupled with an economy that was not growing‚ these rates pushed the United States into a recession. Due to the current situation President Jimmy Carter had put us in‚ Ronald Reagan was elected in a landslide victory and at 69 he was the oldest
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How Has the Iranian Hostage Crisis Affected the United States? For most Americans‚ the story begins in 1979 with the Iranian Hostage Crisis‚ when a group of revolutionary university students took over the American Embassy in Tehran‚ Iran‚ and held 52 American diplomats‚ intelligence officers and Marines hostage for 444 days. But for most Iranians‚ and to fully understand the repercussions of this aforementioned event‚ the story begins almost three decades prior‚ in 1953. This was the year that
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Brittany marsh April 16‚ 2008 Coach Carter I felt that this movie had a true meaning. It’s a true story about a well educated man named Ken Carter. He’s an advocate for Richmond’s youth and participates in his community. He came to Richmond High School to help not just with the team but to talk to the team about working together. To give them advice on being better students‚ with that he helped them to be very successful in life. He gave the guys strKen Carter fought with getting the parents to
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Jimmy Hoffa Activist‚ James Riddle “Jimmy” Hoffa was born on February 14‚ 1913 and is believed to have been murdered in 1975. Hoffa was one of the most famous labor leaders in American history. He was an important figure with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)‚ he played a key role in forging the first national freight-hauling agreement‚ and he became involved with organized crime. He definitely lived a busy life. Hoffa was born in Brazil‚ Indiana‚ on February 14‚ 1913. His father
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Identifications: * Yuppies/VCRs/Three Mile Island * Yuppies: young‚ urban professionals who wore ostentatious gear such Rolex watches or BMW cars. they came to symbolize the increased pursuit of wealth and materialism of Americans in the 1980s‚ represented decade of greed‚ stopped being radical‚ worried about weight. * VCRs: video cassette recorders became popular in the late 70’s that allowed viewers to tape and view later their favorite programs and to rent movies on cassette
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on “Jimmy Carter Living Faith” In the very beginning Carter discusses how the people of America strive to fulfill the needs in the world we live in‚ such as “feeding the hungry‚ do what is right‚ to be concerned about others‚ to be champions of peace‚ to keep our environment clean‚ and to understand and demonstrate that in God’s sight others are worthy as we are.” This all is true. We go through life trying to complete these goals and fulfill what is needed from us in society. Yet‚ Carter states
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include; author of more than 40 books‚ recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom‚ the Congressional Gold Medal‚ and the Nobel Peace Prize. Mr. Elie Wiesel’s efforts and impressions in Humanity are such a success‚ that in 1978‚ President Jimmy Carter appointed Elie Wiesel as Chairman of the President’s Commission on the Holocaust. In 1980‚ he became the Founding Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. He is President of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity‚ an organization
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The Iran Hostage Crisis was between the United States and Iran‚ which lasted from 1979-1981. It was the first time the United States was forced to deal with Islamic extremists. The crisis occurred because the United States allowed the Shah‚ who had been dismissed as ruler of Iran‚ to enter the United States for cancer treatment. The overthrow of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran by an Islamic revolutionary government earlier in the year had led to a steady deterioration in Iran-United States relations
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