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National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Jimmy Carter WebsiteNational Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Jimmy Carter Website
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National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Jimmy Carter

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The National Portrait Gallery explores the facets of presidential actions toward the Cold War. Click on Jimmy Carter to watch a short video where he expresses his support for human rights across the world. The end of the video shows the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Listen to President Carter's reaction to that.

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detente, individual human rights, carter's foreign policy, national portrait gallery, president jimmy carty, smithsonian institution, soviet invasion of afghanistan, foreign affairs
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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