Chapter 31

In 1976, Jimmy Carter appealed to voters by emphasizing

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In 1980, the "Sunbelt" region of the nation

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In the 1976 presidential election,

Ronald Reagan mounted a powerful challenge against President Ford.

As president, Gerald Ford angered many right-wing conservatives by

appointing Nelson Rockefeller as vice president.

As president, Jimmy Carter called for a foreign policy that stressed the importance of

human rights.

In 1979, the Carter administration responded to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan by

imposing economic sanctions on the Soviet Union.

The crisis of American hostages being held in Iran

lasted over one year.

In the late 1970s, members of the so-called Sagebrush Rebellion

portrayed the West as a victim of government control.

Proposition 13 in California, in 1978, dealt with

property taxes.

All of the following foreign policy events occurred during the Carter administration EXCEPT the

ratification of a new SALT II arms agreement with the Soviet Union.

Supporters of the 1978 Proposition 13 in California successfully

separated the issue of taxes from the issue of what the taxes supported.

In 1979, Iranians who took American hostages demanded, in return for their release,

the United States’ return of the shah of Iran.

During the Ford administration,

the cost of oil rose dramatically.

In 1974, former President Richard Nixon was pardoned by

the president.

President Gerald Ford's foreign policy actions included

the signing of an arms control agreement with the Soviet Union.

In the late 1970s, the "Christian right"

were alarmed by many Supreme Court rulings.

Early in his presidency, Jimmy Carter gave priority attention to

energy and the economy.

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter

gave a national address in which he criticized the spirit of the nation.

On the economic front, during the Carter administration,

interest rates rose to their highest level in American history.

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter supported treaties in which the United States gave up control of

the Panama Canal.