1. Conservative Reemergence Jimmy Carter

2. Jimmy Carter-Democrat 40.8 million popular votes Foreign Policy=Human Rights Gerald Ford-Republican 39.1 million popular vote Pardoned Nixon=unpopular

3. The United States should commit itself to promoting human rights, such as the freedoms listed in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, throughout the world. The United States should commit itself to promoting human rights, such as the freedoms listed in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, throughout the world. Cut off military aid to countries that had tortured their own citizens Created the Bureau of Human Rights- “Human rights had become the central theme of our foreign policy in the minds of the press and public” Breakdown in relations with the Soviet Union Soviets invade Afghanistan

5. Israel-Palestine Conflict

6. U.S. has provided military and political aid to the shah of Iran The regime was corrupt The shah’s secret police tortured thousands of prisoners and executed many without trial January 1979: Revolution begins. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led the rebels in overthrowing the shah and established a religious state based on the Qur’an. Carter supported the shah until the very end=infuriated revolutionaries of Iran Armed students seize US embassy in Tehran-took 52 American hostages Released after 444 days in captivity…US cut off diplomatic relations with Iran