Jimmy Carter
Serving as the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter was in office from 1977 until 1981. Raised in a family of successful peanut farmers, he became passionate about the civil rights movement while building up the business, all this leading to his career in politics. Carter established the Department of Energy and the Department of Education during his time in office. Leading to the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in 1979, Carter was behind the Camp David Accords as well. In the C-SPAN ranking process, Carter scored highly for moral authority and pursuing equal justice for all. During his time in office, he faced multiple international crises, such as the 1979 Energy Crisis and the Iran Hostage Crisis. Handling all these events had an effect on the general attitude in the nation, resulting in his rating causing him to lose the 1980 elections to Republican Ronald Reagan. Carter won a Nobel Peace prize in 2002 for the work of his NGO, the Carter Center.
Jimmy Carter
Carter’s Peace Deal
President Jimmy Carter made history when he brokered a peace agreement between Israeli president Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Saddat. The 1978 deal meant that Israel would give back land that they had captured in its victorious Yom Kippur War in 1973, and Egypt would fully recognize Israel’s right to exist. They were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Carters Peace Deal
