Carter-Ford STAAR Questions

In 1979 the Shah of Iran was forced into exile. The U.S. government later allowed the Shah to enter the United States for medical treatment. This perceived U.S. support for the Shah of Iran resulted in which of the following?

• Iran attacked a U.S. military base in Asia.

• Soviet forces began an occupation of Iran.

• Israel demanded U.S. support for the strategic bombing of cities in Iran.

• Revolutionaries kidnapped a group of U.S. citizens in Iran.

How did President Jimmy Carter attempt to end hostilities between the groups that fought these wars?

• He helped negotiate a peace treaty known as the Camp David Accords.

• He deployed U.S. troops to defeat the Palestine Liberation Organization.

• He ordered the boycott of the Olympic Games in Moscow.

• He threatened to sever diplomatic ties with Syria.

These demonstrations led to —

• a global energy crisis brought on by an OPEC oil embargo

• the bombing of a Marine barracks, followed by retaliatory U.S. air strikes

• a U.S. boycott of the Olympics in protest of events in Central Asia

• a hostage crisis that severely damaged confidence in the Carter administration

What best explains this 1974 headline?

• President Clinton was accused of having an affair with a White House intern

• President Carter rescues 42 hostages held by Iran

• President Nixon resign amid the Watergate Scandal

• President Bush successfully invades Iraq and captures Saddam Hussein