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In 1974, a man stood before the
United States and said, "Hello, my name is Jimmy Carter,
and I am running for President of the United States. I need your
help." There was one problem, no one had heard of Jimmy
Carter.James Earl Carter, Jr., was born
in Plains, Georgia on October 1, 1924. He had two sisters and
one brother. When he was six, he sold bags of peanuts when he
wasn't working in the peanut fields. He made about a dollar a
day and five dollars on Saturday. He also started school when
he was six. When he was nine, he bought five bails of cotton
and sold them when the priced increased. When Jimmy was twelve,
his teacher asked him to read "War and Peace." He read
it and it became one of his favorite books and he read it many
more times throughout his life. He was intrigued with how government
was formed and how it worked.In 1941, Jimmy went to a junior
college to study chemistry and engineering. In 1943, he was accepted
into the U.S. Naval Academy. In 1946, he married Rosalynn Smith.
She was nineteen and he was twenty-two.In 1953, when his dad died, Jimmy
resigned from the navy and took over his peanut business. In
1962, some of Jimmy friends asked him to run for Georgia State
Senate. He said, "no" at first, but eventually he decided
to do it. In the race, Homer Moore got more votes than Jimmy,
then some people found out that Jo Hurst had voted for Moore
on behalf of dead people and people in prison! Jimmy was declared
the winner after the scandal was uncovered. He worked hard to
get rid of garbage through recycling throughout the state of
Georgia.In 1966, Jimmy Carter ran for
Georgia's governor and lost. Four years later, he ran for governor
again and this time he won! While he, was governor, he made more
jobs for black people and made jobs where blacks could work with
white people. He even hung pictures of famous black people (like
Martin Luther King, Jr.) in Georgia's capital building. The number
of black employees rose by 40%.In 1974, he announced that he
would be running for President of the United States! His running
mate was Walter Mondale. He was running against Gerald Ford,
the former president. JIMMY WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As the 39th
President, he worked hard to get Americans to conserve energy
and water. He also wanted a less polluted country. He tried to
eliminate the making of nuclear weapons by making a treaty with
the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, the Senate thought the Russians
would have an unfair advantage if this treaty were made. President
Carter also agreed that on the 31st of December in 1999, the
Panamanians would get control of the Panama Canal. In 1978, Carter
invited Egypt's and Israel's presidents to meet with him at Camp
David; they accepted his invitation. For thirteen days the three
presidents debated various issues and when the thirteen days
were over, the presidents of Egypt and Israel made a treaty for
peace between their, countries called, "The Camp David Accord."In 1979, Iran had been taken over
and their leader ran away from the country. Other leaders let
the Shah (Iran's leader) visit their countries. Then one day,
the Shah became very sick with cancer and he could only get the
appropriate treatment in the United States. Carter let him enter
the country. The people, who had taken over Iran, were mad at
Carter for this and took 63 American hostages. It took over two
years for Carter to get the hostages freed. By the time they
were freed Ronald Reagan had just taken the Oath of Office for
President of the United States.It is the year 2000 and Jimmy
Carter is still alive and is active in helping solve world problems.
He is still helping people and involved in community service. |
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was the first president to come from the South since the world
war.His
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Wade. Encyclopedia of Presidents, Jimmy Carter. Chicago: Children's Press, 1989 |
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