In the post-Vietnam, post-Watergate era of late 1970s and early 1980s America, the public suffered from what President Jimmy Carter called “a crisis of confidence.”

This is the question you’ll be answering in order to complete my assignment: In the post-Vietnam, post-Watergate era of late 1970s and early 1980s America, the public suffered from what President Jimmy Carter called “a crisis of confidence.” Americans looked to leaders not just for policy solutions to energy and economic woes but for strength and inspiration. Looking at these two famous presidential speeches, what were the differences in tone and in views toward government’s role in society? Weigh their rhetoric against their actions.
The body of the paper should be dedicated to supporting your critical thesis through a combination of reporting detail from and judging the assigned historical documents. Your focus should be on the documents themselves. Context is important, but give only enough supporting information as necessary for the reader to understand your analysis of the documents. DO NOT USE OUTSIDE SOURCES. Direct quotations should only come from the assigned primary sources, and it should always be clear which author is being quoted in the text of the paper. A “works cited” page is unnecessary if you adhere to these requirements.

DO NOT USE OUTSIDE SOURCES, JUST THE ONES I’M PROVIDING.
Length requirement: three full pages (minimum) to four full pages (maximum)
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