When president carter took office in 1977, the us economy was improving rapidly. improving slightly. getting slightly worse. getting rapidly worse.

Improving rapidly.

When Jimmy Carter took office in 1977, the US economy was still recovering from the severe 1973-75 recession. However, it was doing so at a fast pace. The period of 1977-78 saw the creation of a million net new jobs and real median household income growth by 5%. However, this was to be short lived, as the 1979 energy crisis put a stop to this economic growth.

d.prevent the spread of communism outside of eastern europe.

answer: wait what

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