The thesis is the election of 1976 and the not so successful years of the American economy under Carter and Ford. During Ford’s time in office, the economy didn’t flourish it actually became worse. We experienced our first energy crisis. OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) raised oil prices in result and inflation in almost all goods occurred. Also during this time, Communist in Vietnam had fully taken over. The election of 1976 was between Republican Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter. Carter prevailed during this election becoming the 39th president, a part of the Democrat Party, and served from 1977-1981. Carter’s time in office was not successful. He gave good advice that the American people did not want to hear. Instead
