JIMMY CARTER BAD PRES

JIMMY CARTERS GREATEST HITS TOO MANY TO NAME A FEW High inflation, high unemployment and stagnant demand for goods,long gas lines and double-digit inflation became the legacy of THE CARTER administration. The oil crisis and ‘stagnation’ Along with the setback of the Iran Hostage Crisis,Carter’s presidency quickly became overshadowed by the OPEC-induced fuel catastrophe of the early 1970s that helped lead to paralyzing “stagflation,” a combination of high inflation, high unemployment and stagnant demand for goods. The situation was only made worse by the 1979 oil crisis, which was kicked off by the Iranian revolution and caused an energy debacle around the world. The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan The Iran Hostage Crisis The Mariel Boatlift