Jimmy Carter Years

Presidential Election of 1976

Nov 2, 1976

Made himself to be a honest person and was "untainted" by the Watergate Scandal.

Times

Apr 25, 1977

Carter wins "Time Man of the Year"

Department of Energy

Aug 4, 1977

Cabinet position added to the executive branch. The department is responsible for advancing the energy, environmental, and nuclear security. They do this by creating innovations to further this process.

Panama Canal Treaty

Sep 7, 1977

The Panama Canal Treaty was signed and neutrality treaty was promised to be signed to give control of the canal to the panamanians.

Bureau of Human Rights

Oct 27, 1977

It promotes democracy, to protect human rights and religious freedom, and advances labor rights around the world.

Camp Davis Accord

Sep 17, 1978

Camp Davis Accord was signed by President Carter, this established a framework for a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt when leaders met to discuss peace. Under this first signed peace agreement with an Arab country, Israel agreed to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula and Egypt recognized Israel’s right to exist.

National Energy Act

Oct 15, 1978

Reduces the use of energy, oil imports, establish Strategic Petroleum Reserve, increase coal production, and pressed the use of solar homes.

Department of Education

Oct 17, 1979

Carter created this to promote student achievement by overseeing education in schools and ensuring people's equal access to schooling opportunity.

Canadian Caper

Jan 27, 1980

Six Americans faking their jobs as movie makers traveled with Canadian passports and forged documents, easily made it through security at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport and escaped after hiding in the Canadian Embassy.