America’s problems from 1976 to 1980 forced Americans and their politicians to confront, as President Carter put it in his 1979 Malaise Speech, a “crisis in morale.” According to the documentary, American hope had been tarnished in Vietnam, trust had been lost following the Watergate Scandal and the 1973 oil embargo had gashed the economy. People were drawn to Carter in the 1976 election because of his traditional values at a time when it seemed that everyone was goes in their own “unorthodox” directions. Once in office, the environment and unemployment became crucial issues for the Carter administration. People began to realize that the United States, and its economy, was no longer invulnerable following the unusually cold winter of 1977,