THE 1970S 1969 1979
JIMMY CARTER AS PRESIDENT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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was a good peanut farmer.
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worked for human rights.
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was not a good leader.
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was a governor.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Carter’s new emphasis on human rights led to a Congressional requirement for the annual submission by the Department of State of “a full and complete report” on human rights practices around the world. The first volume of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices covered the year 1976 and was released in 1977.
Detailed explanation-2: -Georgia state senator (1963–1967) By 1961, he began to speak more prominently of integration as a member of the Baptist Church and chairman of the Sumter County school board. In 1962, Carter announced his campaign for an open Georgia State Senate seat fifteen days before the election.
Detailed explanation-3: -While the President of the United States, George W. Bush, was planning war on Iraq in the autumn of 2002, former President Jimmy Carter was awarded the Peace Prize for undertaking peace negotiations, campaigning for human rights, and working for social welfare.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.