James Earl Carter Jr- better known as our 39th president Jimmy Carter- was born on October 1st, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. He eventually chose a career path of politics although neither of his parents were politicians. His mother Lillian was a nurse, and his father, James Earl Carter Sr., was a businessman and farmer. He attended college in Georgia, and later enrolled in the United States Naval Academy where he completed a Bachelor of Science degree. Carter enlisted in the Navy and was posted on submarines in the Pacific and Atlantic. Eventually Carter studied nuclear physics at Union College to prepare for the Navy’s nuclear submarine program. Carter married Rosalynn Smith in 1946, and took over the family farm after his father’s …show more content…
In January, The Shah fled the country to Egypt, and a new ruler came into power. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned after being in exile for 14 years, and many of the people happily accepted him back (“The Iranian Hostage Crisis”). Everything went well until October, when the Shah- still in Egypt- obtained permission to travel to the United States for cancer treatment. The people of Iran became angry that the United States would allow the Shah to seek medical treatment in the US, and overtook the U.S. embassy in Tehran. Many of them feared that the United States planned to return to Iran and reinstate Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as their leader, because of the close diplomatic ties that had been established with him. The United States had helped him to overthrow Iran’s Prime Minister during a power struggle in 1953 and modernize Iran (“The Hostage Crisis in Iran”). The Iranian protesters- many of whom were college students- took hostages, 66 of the hostages holding American citizenship, and refused to release them until the Unites States stopped helping the Shah and turned him over to them. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini decided to support the actions of the student protesters, and dissolved treaties that had been made with the Soviet Union and the United States, preventing international intervention towards the violent protests in Iran. Premier Mehdi Bazargan and most of the
In January 1979, Iranians opposed to the Shah’s rule invaded the American embassy in Tehran and held a group of 52 American diplomats and other hostages for 444 days. The Shah left Iran and the victorious Ayatollah Khomeini returned that February. Of the approximately 90 people inside the embassy, 52 remained in captivity until the end of the crisis. The reputation of the Ayatollah Khomeini and the hostage taking was further enhanced with the failure of a hostage rescue attempt that cost lives. The Ayatollah Khomeini set forth several demands to be met prior to the release of the hostages. The US had options of their own; however, the risk to the hostages required the utmost consideration. In order to secure their freedom, outgoing
After the successful overthrow of Prime Minister Mossadegh, the Shah was back in control of Iran and was supported by the United States, even though he was extremely brutal to his citizens. The Shah used United States military trained Iranian police force, called SAVAK, to carry out his orders. This caused a strong dislike for the Shah by the citizens of Iran and a strong Islamic uprising. This uprising ended with the Shah being exiled from his country and the radical Muslim Ayatollah Khomeini gaining power over
James Earl Carter Jr. also known as Jimmy, was born in Plains, Georgia on October 1, 1924. His mother Bessie Lillian Gordy was a trained nurse and his dad James Earl Carter, was a farmer, entrepreneur, and a landowner. He lived in Plains for the first four years of his life, a little after his fourth birthday he and his family moved to a small town called Archery. There the Carter family owned a 350 acre farm, a warehouse and a grocery store. Jimmy was a very well behaved child seldom left home, he was always helping his parents on the farm or in the warehouse. Jimmy’s life with his two siblings, Gloria and Ruth, was very strict. They were to always help their parents on the farm or in the warehouse and grocery store. They belonged to a Baptist church that had over 300 members. Even though Jimmy’s parents were very religious, Lillian always played poker and James always went out partying. Before, in school Jimmy and his siblings were watched by an African American named Anne Mae Hollis.
James Earl Carter Jr. was born October 1, 1924, in Georgia. Carter parents are Lillian Gordy Carter(mother) and James Earl Carter Sr.(father). Carters father was a hardworking peanut farmer, he had also owned a small plot of land as well as a store, and his mother was a nurse in 1920s. Where Jimmy Carter had lived, 4 years old, electricity was not common. Carter was a studios boy who wanted to avoid getting in trouble. At the age of ten, he started working with his father at the store. He had also loved to sit with his father and listen to things like baseball games and even politics, of course, it was a battery operated radio.
James E. Carter Jr also known as Jimmy, was born October 1,1924 in Plains, Georgia. His father was James Earl Carter Sr., he was a peanut farmer who owned a small acre of land.. His mother name was Bessie Lillian Gordy, she was a registered nurse who crossed racial divides to counsel black women on health care issues in the 1920’s. Jimmy had one brother and two sisters, William Alton, Ruth Carter Stapleton and Gloria Carter Spann. Jimmy attended an all white high school. He was the first person from his father’s side of the family to graduate high school.. He studied engineering at Georgia Southwestern Junior College. He then joined the Naval ROTC program at Georgia Southwestern Junior College. Later on in 1924 he applied for Naval Academy
Before I became president, my job was a screen filmer at Hollywood. I was most known in my hollywood career for my role as the notorious “John Wayne”. At that moment I met my future wife, Nancy Reagan. I soon got married on March 4, 1952. Once we got married, we moved to Los Angeles.
Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, IL on February 6, 1911. Reagan attended Eureka College in 1932. Reagan was married to Jane Wyman for nine years, and then had a divorce. He later married Nancy Reagan for 52 years until he died. Reagan had five children, three of them were girls and two were boys. Ronald served for president for two sentences which is eight years. His vice president was George H.W. Bush. Reagan was the 40th president of the United States and was the oldest president to take office. Reagan had been a democrat until 1962, then switching over to the Republican Party. Reagan grew up in a poor household in Illinois. Before he was president, he became an actor and played in a couple of big productions.
Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States of America. He was born in Plains Georgia on October 1, 1924. Jimmy Carters father; James Earl Carter Sr, was a peanut farmer who owned his own small plot of land, warehouse and store. His Mother, Lillian Carter worked as a registered nurse. Jimmy Carters Parents were very religious and they went to Plains Baptist Church.
In his 1979 state of the Union Address, President Jimmy Carter stated “We have no desire to be the world's policeman. But America does want to be the world's peacemaker.” However, nearing the end of Carter’s presidency the peace within the American Embassy located in Tehran, Iran was broken. 53 Americans were taken hostage by Iranian militants on November 4th 1979. The Iranian Hostage Crisis caused a loss of American confidence, caused Americans to view middle easterners differently forever, and also cost Jimmy Carter the chance of a second term.
During his presidency, the Iran Hostage Crisis started when the Shah of Iran was overthrown from power and left Iran in January 1979. The United States supported the Shah as an ally of the United States from 1953 to 1979, even though he was excessive with punishments to the Iranian people. A radical leader named Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini came to power in Iran when Shah returned in February 1979. Khomeini started major problems against the United States, known as the “Great Satan”. This group gave young Iranian students a reason to storm the U.S. Embassy and take 66 people hostage. The Iran Hostage Crisis, which lasted from 1979 to 1981, was the first time the United States was forced to deal with Islamic
James Earl Carter Jr, commonly known as Jimmy Carter, was born on October 1, 1924 in Plains, Georgia. He was born to James Earl Carter Sr and Lillian Gordy Carter, and had three younger siblings. Growing up,
Iranians believed that Pahlevi should be returned to Iran to face charges for his actions. The conflict lasted 444 days due to Khomeini’s support of situation. It was used as a bargaining chip to unfreeze the Shah's assets and return them to Iran. Furthermore, Khomeini demanded that the Shah was returned to Iran to face trial for his actions. "Khomeini accused the U.S. of exploiting Iran’s resources and money. He claimed that because of U.S. exploitation, Iranians were forced to engage in a revolution where Iranian blood was
Mere minutes after President Jimmy Carter was out of office, the Iran Hostage Crisis, for which his presidency is most remembered, was over. Behind him was a disjointed foreign and confused domestic policy. When he left office, Carter’s approval rating was 34 percent, and his disapproval rating nearly twice that (Roper Center). Today, it seems that he is a better ex-President than he was a president, as evidenced in his founding of the Carter Center, his cultivation of his presidential library, his contributions to Habitat for Humanity, and his numerous other humanitarian efforts. During his term, he had a poor relationship with Congress, a low approval rating with the American people, and a lack of cohesive international or domestic policy. I believe his two greatest failures are also the two which marked his entire presidency and caused the drop in his approval ratings: the confused and faltering domestic and international policies which lasted throughout his presidency and the Iran Hostage Crisis.
On February 6, 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born to Nelle and John Reagan in Tampico, Illinois. (Freidel and Hugh, "Ronald Reagan." para. 2) His father was a Shoe salesman and his mother worked with the church. He also had an older brother named Neil Reagan. Years later, at age 14, a construction contractor hired him to dig ditches. He worked ten hours a day, six days a week, for a wage of 35 cents per hour. He saved the money he earned to afford to attend college.("Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, National Archives and Records Administration.", Facts about Ronald Reagan, Firsts in life). Years later he
The United States and Iran had good relations during and after World War II. During the war, Iran was invaded by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, both allies, but the United States was not seen as an accomplice. The United States was still considered trustworthy up until 1979. The Iranian Revolution took place between 1978 and 1979. It was instigated with a majority of citizens being unsatisfied with King Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. It started with the first attempt to de-throne the king and ended with a successful removal of the monarchy and an introduction to the Islamic Republic headed by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The king was hated by many due to his reliance on manipulation and fear as tools to control his people. For