Carter’s Domestic and International Policies
Carter’s Domestic and International Policies
James Earl Carter, better known as President Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States of America. He was born October 1, 1924. He was born and raised in Plains, Georgia. He served as President from January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981. He was a President that was well known for his policies such as the Panama Canal peace treaties, the Camp David Accords and the Treaty of peace between Egypt and Israel. He had plenty of more treaties that were very important. Jimmy Carter was the type of President that was for people, not just the people in the United States but all around the world. Mr. Carter was all for human rights. You will be reading questions and summaries of President Carter.
Why the energy policy? The import of oil has risen to 65 percent in a year’s times by 1973, and in 1976 the country was using about 25 percent of OPEC products. America was wasting energy, about 2.3 times for a country in the European Economic Community. President Carter wanted to find a way to decrease the dependence of energy for the country.
How did the energy policy get passed? President Carter had the congress pass a bill called, the Emergency Gas Act. It would have the government to help with the natural gas in harness the usage of energy used in the United States. The president formed a new department created to find ways to use energy that would be cost efficient for the country to save money on.
In what ways did Carters energy policy affect the people? Carter's proposals did not have enough support from the everyday people to beat the opposition from the interests though. In fact, most people were upset about his energy package. By telling the people to conserve rather than developing new resources for the people, with this program Americans were told to change their lifestyle, and most did not want to do that. Most people did not even...