Much of this talk has come from leaders who claim that our problems are too difficult to handle. supposed to meekly accept their failures as the most which humanly can be done. They tell us
learn to live with less, and teach our children that their lives will be less full and prosperous tha
have been; that the America of the coming years will be a place where-because of our past exc
will be impossible to dream and make those dreams come true. I don't believe that. And, I don't
you do either.
-Ronale
What contributed most directly to the national mood, as interpreted by Carter?
O uncertainty caused by the end of the Cold War
Ostagflation, long gas lines, and distrust of government after Watergate
O pride in the successes of the civil rights movement
O the booming economy and a surge in civic participation
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