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#19 - The Iran Hostage Crisis was a major blow to the Carter Administration. While some hailed Jimmy for his diplomacy and patience others scrutinized his failed rescue attempt and inability to quickly get the hostages freed as a sign of weakness. Occurring in the later half of his presidency Regan used this crisis during his campaign to bring into question Jimmy's foreign policy and leadership.

#18 - "My decision to become a Christian was the most important decision I ever made." - Jimmy Carter. Faith was important to Jimmy, in the late 60's just before he became the Governor of Georgia he became a born again Christian. He often spoke on the importance of his faith and how it instructed his views and decisions, but didn't impose his beliefs on others.

"The simple fact is that when I was governor and when I was president, I had my own deep religious beliefs, but I don’t believe that my role as a governor or as a president should be to impose my religious beliefs on others." - Jimmy Carter

#17 - Jimmy Carter made history in 1977 by appointing Patricia Harris as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. She was the first African American woman to hold a cabinet-level position in the US. His support for women didn't stop at simple appointments.

• Pregnancy Discrimination Act which was an amendment to the civil rights act of 1964.

• Department of Education. While not directly focused on helping women it did give them education opportunities.

• Fund the Women's Educational Equity Act which was later passed during the Nixon administration.

#16 - In 1974 senators Hubert Humphrey and Augustus Hawkins introduced comprehensive employment legislation, but it did not pass. In 1975 the bill under went various amendments to address problems folks had with it. In 1976 Jimmy Carter was elected as President and in 1977 he started advocating for this bill and spoke on the importance of passing it. The aim of the "Humphrey-Hawkins Act," was:

• Establish the goal of "Full Employment" defined as 4% or less unemployment.

• Establish a goal of 3% annual inflation or lower.

• Create the Congressional Joint Economic Committee

• Requirements for the President to submit an annual Economic Report to congress in regards to the goals of the act.

• Mandated the Federal Reserve to report to congress on monetary policy and its alignment with the goals of the act.

The Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 was signed into law by Jimmy Carter on October 27, 1978. It didn't meet all of it's goals and fell short in many ways. But it was a crucial step forward and still influences policy today.

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