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• Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
• Objective: to determine the effectiveness of Carter’s response to decreasing faith in
the US government.
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I. Gerald Ford
• Ford’s short presidency
– President Ford granted a full pardon to Richard Nixon for any crime he may have committed.
– Ford tried to cut government spending to curb inflation but the Democratic Congress passed many spending bills against his wishes.
– In foreign affairs, Ford continued the policy of détente and kept Kissinger as secretary of state.
– Congress refused to allow Ford to take part in Vietnam or Cuba, but he did recover the cargo ship—the Mayaguez—from the Cambodian navy.
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I. Ford
• Loss of Public Confidence– Ford was perceived as a comical figure
• LBJ’s remark
– Pardon of Nixon made his popularity plummet• High 60s to low 30s in the polls
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II. The Economy of the 1970s
• Out of control inflation!– Inflation rose to over ten percent for much of
the decade. – Stagflation: inflation high, GDP growth low– Occurred primarily during the Nixon and Ford
presidencies, but greatly shaped the Carter presidency
• Causes: wage and price controls (shortages) under Nixon, Oil embargo
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II. The Economy of the 1970s
• Decaying Cities– White Flight (“Donut Hole Effect”)– Fleeing Factories
• Rust Belt in the North, declining South• Factories moved to Latin America, South East Asia• Foreign competition, e.g. auto industry• Labor suffers, e.g. AFL-CIO loses 30% of its
membership
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III. Jimmy Carter
• Candidate Carter– Jimmy Carter came across as an honest man of deep
religious faith who promised not to lie to the American people.
– Carter immediately tried to help the nation heal some of the wounds of the past.
• Ex. He issued a pardon to thousands of Vietnam War draft dodgers.
– Carter tackled problems in the economy and with energy.
– Finally, Carter tried to deal with environmental issues.
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III. Jimmy Carter
• Carter the Reformer– “Studied Informality”– Pardoned draft dodgers– Removed funding for the B-1 Bomber – Established the “Superfund”
– Carter made the development of a national energy policy a priority.
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III. Jimmy Carter
• Energy Policy– Created the Department of Energy
• Fund research for alternative fuels• Regulate energy producers
– Emergency Natural Gas Act– However, his successes were largely
forgotten by 1979 during another gas shortage (Iranian Revolution)
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III. Jimmy Carter
Environmental Successes
– Believed that conserving fuel was a key way to avoid plundering the environment
– Passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
• The act protected more than 100 million acres of land and doubled the size of the nation’s park and wildlife refuge system.
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III. Jimmy Carter
Environmental Losses
• In 1979 a mishap at a nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island terrified the nation.
• Although little radiation was released, public concern about the safety of nuclear power grew.
• Chemicals that a company dumped in New York began to seep up through the ground at Love Canal and were linked to high rates of birth defects.
• Experts warned that there were likely many more toxic waste sites around the nation.
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III. Jimmy Carter
Carter and the Economy
– Carter was unable to bring down inflation.
– Carter’s energy policies were successful at helping reduce American dependence on foreign oil but this was not immediately apparent
• American production of energy increased under Carter.
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III. Jimmy Carter
• Public Confidence plummets– Foreign policy disasters– Energy program too complex– Really, really unfortunate press coverage– High prices and run away inflation
• “Malaise” Speech in 1979
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