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Modern Era Containment-Iran Contra Scandal

Authored by Randall Morris

Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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Modern Era Containment-Iran Contra Scandal
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Cold War ended in 1991, when which country broke apart?

China
Kuwait
Soviet Union
Cuba

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

To resist the spread of Communism in Latin America and liberate American hostages, the several US officials became involved in what scandal?

Watergate
Whitewater
Iran-Contra
Benghazi 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Selling weapons to Iran to free hostages and using the money to fund war in Central America

Iran-Contra Affair

Watergate Affair

Reagonomics

Camp David Accords

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Ronald Reagan declared war on what?

Terror
Poverty
Drugs
AIDS

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which of the following actions occurred during the Iran-Contra affair?

The Reagan administration used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to illegally fund the contras.

The Reagan administration secretly hired Iranian agents to fight against the contras.

The Reagan administration paid the contras to release Americans being held hostage in Iran.

The Reagan administration hired Lebanese agents to rescue Iranians being held by the contras.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In November 1979, revolutionaries stormed the American embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage. The Carter administration tried unsuccessfully to negotiate for the hostages release. On January 20, 1981, the day Carter left office, Iran released the Americans, ending their 444 days in captivity.

Iran Contra Affair

OPEC Hostage Crisis

Iran Hostage Crisis

Tehran Hostage Crisis

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Profits from weapons sales to Iran were used to fund:

Reagonomics
Domestic Programs
Nicaraguan Contras
Social Security

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