Jimmy Carter - 1977-1981
-Carter signs the Panama Canal Treaties in 1977, promising to give the Panama Canal back to Panama within the next 23 years
-In 1978, the Carter administration extends formal diplomatic recognition to mainland China, ending the practice of designating the Taiwan government as China.
-1979 seas the passage of the SALT II treaty, signed by Carter and Brezhnev
-Carter brokers the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt in 1978
-The United States becomes involved in Middle-Eastern affairs when the USSR invades Afghanistan and the Shah of Iran is overthrown in 1979
-His four years in office see a "Stagflation" economy develop, which leads to his downfall in the 1980 election