Besides the Iran and Hostage Crisis, Carter did not have any other corrupt policies. However, he was not that great because his policies didn’t help create big differences in the Cold War. In addition, under his leadership, the nation faced economic problems. One of the foreign policies was the Panama Canal and the Torrijos Carter Treaties. Because Colombia refused to allow the United States to build a canal, the United States decided to help Panama gain independence from Colombia in exchange for a strip of land to construct the Panama Canal.In the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, permanent US rights to a Panama Canal Zone that stretched across the isthmus was established. The canal opened in 1914 but many Panamanians questioned the validity of the
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The Panama Canal was a rightful possession of Panama. Because of increasing opposition in Panama to the American presence in the Canal which often led to violence and America’s control over the canal and the land worsened political tensions between the United States and Latin America, Carter decided to make arrangements for the Panama Canal to be returned to the Panamanians.By doing this, Carter was able to prevent bloodshed and retain the right for US to intervene with the canal in order to protect it. In addition, the Torrijos-Carter Treaties also allowed the United States to defend itself from allegations of imperialism from soviet aligned states.Iran and Hostage was another foreign policy Iran became an important place in the 20th century due to geography and oil discovery in 1909. The British used to obtain Iranian oil for a very cheap price but in 1951 a new prime minister, Mohammad Mossadeq,kept that from happening. This caused the American government to become concern of Soviet takeover of …show more content…
However the aircraft developed mechanical problems and one crashed. Failure caused Iranians to disperse the hostages to make rescuing by US harder to accomplish. The failure of the rescue mission decreased Carter 's popularity and became a symbol of Carter’s failed presidency. His domestic policy energy was pretty successful. In 1976 the nation was consuming one-quarter of OPEC production. He passed the Emergency Natural Gas Act to allocate interstate natural gas, created a Department of Energy, and funded research on new sources of energy. The Energy Security Act created the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation and provided $20 billion in joint ventures with private industry.During Carter 's term, OPEC oil prices increased from $13 a barrel to over $34 which resulted in inflation. Carter asked Congress to accelerate stockpiling of 500 million barrels of crude oil in a national security reserve. The administration also developed new conservation measures that will reduce industry 's use of fuels He also made Congress abolish the powerful Joint Committee on Atomic Energy in order to support light-water reactors.. Troubled economy was a domestic problem.One of the major reasons why economic growth may be slow is due to
The Panama Canal was a rightful possession of Panama. Because of increasing opposition in Panama to the American presence in the Canal which often led to violence and America’s control over the canal and the land worsened political tensions between the United States and Latin America, Carter decided to make arrangements for the Panama Canal to be returned to the Panamanians.By doing this, Carter was able to prevent bloodshed and retain the right for US to intervene with the canal in order to protect it. In addition, the Torrijos-Carter Treaties also allowed the United States to defend itself from allegations of imperialism from soviet aligned states.Iran and Hostage was another foreign policy Iran became an important place in the 20th century due to geography and oil discovery in 1909. The British used to obtain Iranian oil for a very cheap price but in 1951 a new prime minister, Mohammad Mossadeq,kept that from happening. This caused the American government to become concern of Soviet takeover of …show more content…
However the aircraft developed mechanical problems and one crashed. Failure caused Iranians to disperse the hostages to make rescuing by US harder to accomplish. The failure of the rescue mission decreased Carter 's popularity and became a symbol of Carter’s failed presidency. His domestic policy energy was pretty successful. In 1976 the nation was consuming one-quarter of OPEC production. He passed the Emergency Natural Gas Act to allocate interstate natural gas, created a Department of Energy, and funded research on new sources of energy. The Energy Security Act created the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation and provided $20 billion in joint ventures with private industry.During Carter 's term, OPEC oil prices increased from $13 a barrel to over $34 which resulted in inflation. Carter asked Congress to accelerate stockpiling of 500 million barrels of crude oil in a national security reserve. The administration also developed new conservation measures that will reduce industry 's use of fuels He also made Congress abolish the powerful Joint Committee on Atomic Energy in order to support light-water reactors.. Troubled economy was a domestic problem.One of the major reasons why economic growth may be slow is due to