1973 to 1979

Oil Crisis and Surging Energy Prices

- OPEC Embargo

- Worst inflation in peacetime

- Unemployment reached 9%

- Ford fights inflation

- "Public Enemy Number One"

- Carter fights inflation

- "Crisis of Confidence" Speech

- Surge in 1979, highest since 1947

"I enlist as an Inflation Fighter and Energy Saver for the duration."

"I will do the very best I can for America."