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Carter and the Middle East

Question 6 • RMA FL-2100310-United States History Semester 2

President Carter’s foreign policy failures included

Answer
A
not being able to bring Egypt and Israel together.
B
not being able to bring home the Iranian hostages.
C
not being able to promote détente with China.
D
not bringing the Shah of Iran to the United States.

Explanation

The Iranian hostage crisis was a major foreign-policy failure for Carter: American diplomats were held in Iran for 444 days, and a rescue attempt failed. The hostages were released on the day Ronald Reagan took office, rather than being brought home during Carter’s presidency. Carter did help broker the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel, so choice A is not correct.

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