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A 3 page biography of former US president Jimmy Carter, which briefly describes his early life and president, as well as notable achievements as a diplomat in regards to achieving world peace. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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to Earl and Lillian Carter. His father was a peanut warehouser and also served in the Georgia state legislature and his mother, a registered nurse, joined the Peace Corps as
the age of 68 and served in India. Jimmy Carter attended Georgia Southwestern College and also the Georgia Institute of Technology prior to entering the US Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Maryland, and he graduated from this institution in 1946 ("Jimmy Carter," 2010). Carter was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 1962 and to the governorship of Georgia in
1970, and announced his candidacy for the presidency in 1974 ("Jimmy Carter," 2010). In 1976, Carter, with Walter F. Mondale as his running mate, won the presidential election and
assumed office during an era that was characterized by serious problems, both domestically and abroad. Due to the Watergate scandal of the Nixon era, Congress was more inclined to challenge
the ambitious programs formulated by the Carter administration ("Jimmy Carter," 2010). Furthermore, Carter, as a populist leader, frequently took his criticism of Congress directly to the American people. The turbulent
relations between the executive branch and Congress undermined any possibility for success by the Carter administration. Subsequently, by 1978, Carters initial popularity evaporated
in the face of his inability to work with Congress and convert "his ideas into legislative realities" ("Jimmy Carter," 2010). In regards to foreign relations, Carter demonstrated the effectiveness of
"patient diplomacy," as he was instrumental in ending a state of war between Egypt and Israel; established diplomatic relations with China; and signed as new "bilateral strategic arms limitation treaty
(SALT II)" with the Soviet Union ("Jimmy Carter," 2010). However, these successes were overshadowed by the failure of the Carter administration to achieve the release of the hostages taken from
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