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The Jimmy Carter Presidency

Based on the clues, guess these facts about Jimmy Carter and his presidency.
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First submittedJuly 12, 2013
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His home state
Georgia
His Vice President
Walter Mondale
1976 election opponent
Gerald Ford
1980 election opponent
Ronald Reagan
What the US boycotted in 1980
Olympics
Country the Soviets invaded
Afghanistan
What he farmed prior to becoming a politician
Peanuts
Country that took fifty-two American hostages
Iran
Economic indicator that skyrocketed to 13.5% in 1980
Inflation
Religious denomination
Baptist
Wife's name
Rosalynn
His middle name
Earl
Economic problem of 1979
The Energy Crisis
Award he received in 2002
Nobel Peace Prize
Group of people he gave amnesty to
Draft Dodgers
President retreat where Middle East peace accords were made
Camp David
What he wore in the White House to stay warm
Sweaters
Charity he is known for supporting
Habitat for Humanity
Nuclear accident of 1979
Three Mile Island
Volcano that erupted in 1980
Mount St. Helens
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jul 20, 2013
Most of this happened before I was born, got most of them but did badly comparatively speaking. Probably should have gotten sweaters just on a guess...
pitzikat
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Level 74
Jul 22, 2013
I tried just about everything BUT sweaters. duh.
mikeb
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Level 66
Sep 2, 2019
Curious as to what constitutes "everything" without trying sweaters?
jmellor13
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Level 67
Sep 2, 2019
Yeah, the question makes it sound like something really memorable. I tried mittens, scarves, knit cap...sweater is so basic that I didn't think it would work, although I suppose if he wore them all the time (like Mr. Rogers), people would associate them with him.
Spartangrad87
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Level 19
Aug 23, 2013
a decent person,who like our current one is just in over his head
smartcookie17
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Level 45
Jun 25, 2014
Except our current one isn't decent.
Jacktheguy
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Level 89
Sep 2, 2019
smartcookie’s right. Obama was better than decent. But now our current one is not even remotely decent.
Phil
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Level 57
Sep 2, 2019
Jacktheguy Look at the date for smartcookie17's response.
Jacktheguy
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Level 89
Sep 2, 2019
I did. That’s why I said Obama.
shortyoh
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Level 81
Sep 4, 2019
Many of his policies weren't actually bad. People blame him for awful inflation and interest rates - but these were awful before he took office. It was under Carter that the government actually started policies that eventually tamed inflation.

His biggest problem was his slow, methodical, micromanagement style.

kalbahamut
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Level 82
Sep 4, 2019
He also had the temerity to suggest to Americans that greed, selfishness, and mindless consumerism were perhaps not virtues.
Bob12
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Level 37
Aug 30, 2013
It's a good quiz. Got 18 out of 20. Forgot his wifes name..but i never knew what his middle name was.
blinky
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Level 58
Feb 9, 2017
Earl is the middle name of EVERYBODY from Georgia! Even the wimmen!
ander217
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Level 75
Feb 23, 2015
No Hamilton Jordan, Jody Powell, Bert Lance, or Georgia Mafia questions? You left out the fun stuff.
jmellor13
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Level 67
Oct 23, 2016
Was really hoping for a question about the killer rabbit.
ander217
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Level 75
Oct 23, 2016
LOL. I'd completely forgotten about the killer rabbit attack.
Freestatebear
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Level 85
May 27, 2015
Got them all, but probably only got his middle name because, like him, I'm also a James Earl...
Wardo
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Level 86
Jun 19, 2015
100% with 1:47 leftover. I was working my first job after college while Carter was President so I suppose i paid better attention to current events at the time.
drdelish
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Level 55
Oct 24, 2016
I always found it interesting that Carter installed solar panels on the White House and Reagan removed them
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Aug 23, 2019
And one's opinion about this is an interesting litmus test. In the 1970s, solar panels were very inefficient. Carter putting them on the roof was in some ways a complete waste of money. But they represented an aspiration for a future based on renewable energy. The question is this: Should the government be an agent source of social change or not?
shortyoh
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Level 81
Sep 4, 2019
Solar PV panels were very inefficient back then.

I could be wrong, but I believe they installed solar water heaters, not PV panels. They were pretty darned efficient back then. Maybe not cost effective, but efficient. And once purchased and installed, removing them was a complete and total waste of money.

Danno
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Level 68
Nov 5, 2016
Liked the man, hated the presidency. Probably worst in modern times based on lack of anything good happening, except maybe Camp David Accords.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Aug 16, 2018
Bush has him beat by a comfortable margin and Trump will likely best both of them.
kinjapan
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Level 72
Sep 2, 2019
Man, this comment hasn't aged well. Who knew what kind of clustereffery we had in store for us back in November of 2016?
FinlandForever19
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Level 80
Jan 27, 2017
The only modern president I have some respect for. Not because of his presidency, but because he's such a great human being
woshiwaiguoren
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Level 70
Sep 22, 2017
He's not such a great human being either. Check out his constant praise for Palestinian terrorists, Chavistas, and other assorted lowlifes. He just has a different compass and he follows it to extremes.
FinlandForever19
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Level 80
Dec 30, 2018
He's honest enough to criticize Israel, I give him immense credit for that.
woshiwaiguoren
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Level 70
Sep 22, 2017
Worst since Harding imo
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Aug 16, 2018
Not according to those who know what they're talking about. Check out my Best and Worst US Presidents quiz.
tbolt
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Level 76
Sep 2, 2019
Yes, WE DO KNOW what we are talking about. carter was a terrible president.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Sep 2, 2019
If you believe Carter is the worst American president since Harding, then, no, you don't know what you are talking about.
divantilya
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Level 37
Sep 2, 2019
IMHO: Carter, Nixon, George W. Bush and Obama had the deck stacked against them from the very beginning of their presidency. They were either dismissed out of hand or demonized for incidents which were either overblown, or not within their power to change; yet not given credit for any successes they may have achieved. I will never forget that the US Hostages held by Iran were conveniently released within hours of Reagan's inauguration... Or that the Iran/Contra scandal happened not long into his presidency. Anyone see nefarious workings there? Yet Carter is vilified as inept while Reagan is hailed as the "great communicator."
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Nov 6, 2019
Some of what you said here makes sense but, no, I don't think there was anything nefarious about the timing of the hostage release in Iran. Actually this was already negotiated under Carter, before Reagan even assumed office. Though Reagan is usually given credit for it, as if he was so tough that just the thought that he would be president soon made the Iranians lose their spine. He didn't start illegally selling arms to our enemies in Iran until his 2nd term, great defender of American national security that he was.
partdavid
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Level 71
Nov 8, 2021
I think you've conflated a couple of things. North started diverting proceeds from arms sales to Iran to the Contras, starting in Reagan's second term, but the arms sales started in 1981, the very first year of his presidency. Considering that the "cover story" of the arms sales in the former case was that they were leverage for freeing hostages in Lebanon in '86, it smells pretty bad.

As far as I know, it's just a smell, but there's the arms-for-hostages pattern, so it's certainly plausible. If you didn't live through it, it's hard to overstate how much the hostage crisis and the failed rescue attempt convinced many, many Americans that Carter was weak and we *needed* Reagan.

StiDark
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Level 65
Sep 7, 2019
st. helens for mount st helens?
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Sep 7, 2019
St. Helens would have worked
anika15
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Level 30
Feb 3, 2021
what a nice man.
EcceHomo
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Level 79
Sep 28, 2021
Good quiz about a good president.
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