secure a position on the House Judiciary Committee. In 1974‚ she made an influential‚ televised speech before the House Judiciary Committee supporting the impeachment of President Richard Nixon. Jordan was mentioned as a possible running mate to Jimmy Carter in 1976‚[1] and that year she became the first African-American woman to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention.[1] Her speech in New York that summer was ranked 5th in "Top 100 American Speeches of the 20th century"
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The Iran Hostage Crisis was between the United States and Iran‚ which lasted from 1979-1981. It was the first time the United States was forced to deal with Islamic extremists. The crisis occurred because the United States allowed the Shah‚ who had been dismissed as ruler of Iran‚ to enter the United States for cancer treatment. The overthrow of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran by an Islamic revolutionary government earlier in the year had led to a steady deterioration in Iran-United States relations
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structures. Certainly not every person in the United States is treated equally and as for the right to vote‚ Winston Churchill once said‚ “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” In July‚ President Jimmy Carter said “America has no functioning democracy” at a meeting of The Atlantic Bridge in Atlanta. This was a couple months after the NSA revelations were brought to light by Edward Snowden. Noam Chomsky has said “In the US‚ there is basically one party
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4.05 Uncle Sams toolbox FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency What is the history of FEMA? April 1‚ 1979‚ President Jimmy Carter signed the executive order that created the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in order to coordinate responses to disasters in the U.S. at a faster rate than local and state authority could. To this day‚ FEMA is fully committed to helping areas in disaster crises. Who benefits from FEMA and how? Disaster victims benefit from FEMA because the program provides
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President Joe Foss‚ Statue of Liberty’s 100th birthday celebration‚ actors Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood‚ Pope John Paul II’s visit to America‚ Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson‚ New York City Mayor Ed Koch‚ The Space Shuttle Columbia‚ President Jimmy Carter‚ The
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countercultural movements of the 1960s and early 1970s‚ the Watergate scandal‚ the Vietnam War‚ uncertainty in the Middle East and economic crisis at home had undermined Americans’ confidence in their fellow citizens and in their government. By the end of Jimmy Carter’s presidency‚ the idealistic dreams of the 1960s were worn down by inflation‚ foreign policy turmoil and rising crime. In response‚ many Americans embraced a new conservatism in social‚ economic and political life during the 1980s‚ characterized
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States‚ he was the 33rd Governor of California in 1967 to 1975. President Reagan ran for the Republican nomination twice and lost‚ but he finally won the nomination in 1980. In 1980‚ he won the President’s election when he defeated President Jimmy Carter. President Reagan also won in a landslide in 1984‚ and was the President for the next four years‚ from 1985 to 1989. On March 30‚ 1981‚ after only 69 days in to his new Presidency‚ President Reagan was shot and wounded after an assassin attempt
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Good morning‚ I am sure that you enjoyed the service on this morning. I will not be before you long but I just wanted to talk Just Because. Rosalyn Carter‚ wife to Jimmy Carter once said‚ “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go‚ but ought to be. “ The reason that you are here for this meeting is that you have all been selected to work in leadership roles in the church. Though you serve in the position at OBC‚ this
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these two groups. This type of affirmative action required recruitment efforts‚ accessability‚ accommodation and reviews of physical and mental job qualifications. President Jimmy Carter consolidated all federal agencies that were required by law to follow the affirmative action play into the Department of Labor. Before Carter did this‚ each agency handled affirmative action in its own individual way‚ some were not as consistent as other agencies were. He created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance
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character who could even bring his many of his enemies to like him. To these people‚ he was an “amiable dunce” who was a very nice person but did not understand politics. In 1980‚ Reagan was running for president against Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter. Carter was ahead in polls up until October by a considerable margin‚ eight percentage points (Gallup). Then‚ following Reagan’s campaign and debate where he brought attention to unemployment‚ inflation‚ and a weakening military compared to the USSR
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