What do you make of President Carter's speech on the US's "crisis of confidence" at the end of the 1970s? What does Carter say is at the root of this collective insecurity felt by Americans? Describe the "crisis of confidence" we face today. Is it comparable to what was happening in the 1970s on any level? Going off of this speech and what you have seen in our background materials, what can you make of Carter's original appeal to American voters in 1976? Feel free to evaluate his effectiveness as president.