What did Jimmy Carter represent to many Americans?

In the foreign affairs arena, he reopened U.S. relations with China and made efforts to broker peace in the historic Arab-Israeli conflict, but was damaged late in his term by a hostage crisis in Iran.  Carter’s diagnosis of the nation’s “crisis of confidence” did little to boost his sagging popularity, and in 1980 he was defeated in the general election by Ronald Reagan

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the answer is d the rejection of the olive branch petition.

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the olive branch petition was an attempt to state the rights of the colonists while keeping their loyalty to the british crown. hope this !

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