What were three challenges president jimmy carter faced in the 1970s? iran took 52 american embassy workers as hostages for more than a year, and a rescue attempt failed. israel and egypt had been threatening each other for years, and they finally went to war. oil and gas prices dropped, which caused the american energy industry to suffer. carter was an outsider in washington, d. c., and had a difficult time working with congress. carter was unable to accomplish anything as part of his good neighbor policy. the soviet union invaded afghanistan, which damaged relations between the u. s. and u. s.s. r. i know its the last one and the forth one but i can't find what the third answer is. . chapter 58 page 261. here is the link to the information. file: ///c: /users/student/downloads/a%20histor y%20of%20us%20vol%20d%20ch%2056-61% 20pp%20247-276%20(1).pdf