Question

Select all that apply. What three serious problems did Jimmy Carter face during his term of office? A Watergate B Iran Hostage Crisis C Vietnam War D Soviet invasion of Afghanistan E the end of detente F Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 1

Answer:

The three serious problems that Jimmy carter faced during his presidency were: B) Iran hostage crisis, D) Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and E) The end of detente.

Explanation:

Let's analyze the options considering Jimmy Carter was president between 1977 to 1981)

First of all options A) the watergate scandal happened when Nixon was in power, so it's false.

Second, B) Iran hostage crisis happened between 1979 and 1981. While Jimmy Carter was president.

Third, C) option of the Vietnam war ended in 1975. 2 years before Jimmy Carter assumed the presidency.

Fourth, d) Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. It lasted from 1979 to 1989. So Jimmy Carter lived the first two years o the conflict. That's why he proposed the boycott of Moscow summer Olympic games.

Fifth, E) the end of detente with the Soviet Union and the communists ended in 1979 when president Jimmy Carter boosted the budget and helped Pakistan president to fight Soviet fighters in his country. So, it's right.

Sixth, F) The Cuban Missile Crisis. President Jimmy Carter wasn't president at the time. Nixon was in the office when the Cuban Missile crisis happened.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) Iran hostage crisis, D) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the end of detente.

The three serious problems that Jimmy Carter faced during his term of office were  Iran hostage crisis, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the end of detente.

On January 2, 1980, President Jimmy Carter told the Senate to end any action regarding SALT II agreements with Russia. The reason, the Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979. With these decisions, President Carter ended the Detente age of friendly diplomatic relationships with the USSR established by Richard Nixon. The other difficult conflict for President Carter was the Iran hostage crisis that began on November 4, 1979, when Iranian students occupied the US embassy in Tehran. Sixty American citizens were taken as hostages.