Carter Makes Human Rights a Central Theme of Foreign Policy
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Human Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: 1977-1981
Article abstract: President Jimmy Carter brought to U.S. foreign policy a moral awareness of human rights abuses worldwide and a commitment to fight political and economic repression.
Summary of Event
In 1976, after eight years under Republican presidents and the crises in national confidence caused by the Vietnam conflict and the Watergate scandal, the American people faced a presidential election pitting an incumbent conservative against a homespun, populist peanut farmer from Georgia. James Earl Carter, Jr., familiarly known to the nation as...
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