AHS: A Time of Economic and Political Malaise by Stella Robertson https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v History Project en-us 2018-04-06 14:28:51 UTC 2026-01-25 10:18:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Jimmy Carter, "Crisis of Confidence" speech, July 15, 1979 stellarobertson3 https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249247980 (0:00-1:29) To try to raise his approval rating, Jimmy Carter planned to speak to the nation about inflation but changed his mind. Carter addressed what he called a threat to American Democracy: consumerism. His speech backfired, "There's nothing wrong with the American people," said newspaper editorials. "Maybe the problem's in the White House, maybe we need new leadership to guide us." ]]> 2018-04-06 14:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249247980 Solar Energy Panels cole_perry0j https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249248412 The National Energy Act offered tax credits, which reduces the amount of taxes one has to pay This lead to many people switching to solar energy.]]> 2018-04-06 14:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249248412 cole_perry0j https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249250904 2018-04-06 14:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249250904 stellarobertson3 https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249253117 "Inflation, our public enemy number one, will, unless whipped, destroy our country, our homes, our liberties, our property, and finally our national pride, as surely as any well-armed wartime enemy." 
-President Gerald Ford (1974)]]> 2018-04-06 14:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249253117 "I enlist as an Inflation Fighter and Energy Saver for the duration. I will do the very best I can for America." stellarobertson3 https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249255044 This contract was issued by WIN, Whip Inflation Now, a crusade started by President Gerard Ford to beat down rising prices. ]]> 2018-04-06 15:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249255044 Gerald Ford Political Cartoon cole_perry0j https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249255615 2018-04-06 15:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249255615 Jimmy Carter Wins the Election by a narrow margin... stellarobertson3 https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249256164 Carter appealed to voters by promising he wouldn't lie to them. But neither him or Ford generated much excitement from the American people. Very few people voted, and just voted for one of the other.]]> 2018-04-06 15:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249256164 Organization Petroleum Exporting Countries abigham1 https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249259605 OPEC made matter worse. It formed in 1960, OPEC is an oil sales for their national income. In it's early years, OPEC priced oil at $2 to $3 dollars per barrel. It would later be risen to $12 dollars per barrel.]]> 2018-04-06 15:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249259605 A Timeline of Malaise silvercantu78 https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249263050 2018-04-06 15:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/stellarobertson3/tuu3z38ry27v/wish/249263050