THE 1970S 1969 1979
JIMMY CARTER AS PRESIDENT
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Question
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He won it for being the president.
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He won it for being the first president in Georgia.
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He won it for fighting wars.
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He won it for fighting for human rights and peace.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2002 to Jimmy Carter, for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.
Detailed explanation-2: -For his humanitarian efforts, in 2002, Carter became the third American president to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Carter was awarded the prestigious prize for “his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts."
Detailed explanation-3: -Among the honors Carter has received are the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Others include: Freedom of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1977. Silver Buffalo Award, Boy Scouts of America, 1978.
Detailed explanation-4: -One person, Linus Pauling, has won two undivided Nobel Prizes. In 1954 he won the Prize for Chemistry. Eight years later he was awarded the Peace Prize for his opposition to weapons of mass destruction. The atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a turning point in Pauling’s life.