USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Carter took office during a period of “stagflation, ” as the economy experienced a combination of high inflation and slow economic growth. His budgetary policies centered on taming inflation by reducing deficits and government spending.

Detailed explanation-2: -President Carter committed himself to the safe return of the hostages while protecting America’s interests and prestige. He pursued a policy of restraint that put a higher value on the lives of the hostages than on American retaliatory power or protecting his own political future.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Nixon administration marked the end of America’s long period of post-World War II prosperity and the onset of a period of high inflation and unemployment-"stagflation.” Unemployment was unusually low when Nixon took office in January 1969 (3.3 percent), but inflation was rising.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Republican ticket of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush defeated incumbent Democratic president Jimmy Carter and incumbent vice president Walter Mondale in a landslide victory.

Detailed explanation-5: -James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American retired politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967, and as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975.