Jimmy Carter
born octorber 1 1924- married Rosalyn Carter
- children were Amy James jack and donnel
- 39th president
- severed as the nations chief executive during a time of serious problems at home and abroad
- boycotted the 1980 Olympics
- Install solar panels on the White House in moscow because we invaded Afghanistan
- Granted amnesty to vietnam draft-dodgers
- Established Diplomatic relations with China
- Pushed for comprehensive health care reform
- returned the panama canal to panama
- Winner of the Nobel Piece Prize
- Increased coal production by more than 2/3
- improved recipient benefits- establishing a basic benefit
- drought Assistance program
- AFDC- aid to families with Dependent Children- a program that administared and funded by federal and state government to provide finacial support to families that need it
- Iran Hostage crisis- November 4, 1979, an angry mob of islamic revolutionaries overtook the US embassy in Tehran. For over 444 days then freed a few minutes after Reagan took office. Took more than 60 American hostages
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