THE 1970S 1969 1979
JIMMY CARTER AS PRESIDENT
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Question
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He was impeached by Congress.
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Because he was defeated in his attempt at re-election for the presidency.
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Because of his efforts in continuing to promote peace and human rights throughout the world.
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Because of his support for Jim Crow laws and segregation.
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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: -Theodore Roosevelt, President of the USA, received the Peace Prize for having negotiated peace in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-5.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1993 to Nelson R. Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.
Detailed explanation-4: -The will Alfred Nobel made in 1895 was inspired by belief in the community of man. The Peace Prize was to be awarded to the person who had done most for “fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses".
Detailed explanation-5: -In 2014, Kailash Satyarthi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Malala Yousafzai for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. Kailash has dedicated the entire prize sum to the advancement of the rights of children.