Crisis Of Confidence

Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. With his administration, He inspired to make the nation competent and compassionate. His achievements were notable but in an era of rising energy prices and inflation, It became impossible for his administration to meet these high expectations. America had developed a "crisis of confidence" and a "national malaise" by the late 1970s. On July 15, 1979, Pres. Jimmy Carter gave the "malaise" speech, where he identified what he believed to be a crisis of confidence among the American people. He felt that the American people were no longer listening due to the assassination of important leaders, The Watergate scandal, and the Vietnam War. Many assassinations occurred in this era which shocked many Americans. On November 22, 1963, Pres. John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. After his death, Robert F. Kennedy, his brother took place during the presidential election. He was also shot as he walked through the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel and died in the floods Samaritan Hospital 26 hours later. He was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian immigrant. Another significant leader was also assassinated. Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent leader of the African-American civil rights movement. He was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Tennessee on April 4, 1968. Many Americans gained confidence after these assassinations because they managed to strive through after these events. The Watergate scandal also drove the Americans to a crisis of confidence. Before the summer of 1972, the watergate meant nothing more than an office and luxurious complex in Washington DC. On June 17, 1972, five burglars were caught repairing wiretapping equipment and taking pictures of documentation. One of the members of the plumbers, which were spies, was connected to the White House, they were in communication with the burglars. This scandal eventually led