FAC Unit 8 Week 2

What was the Iran-Contra Scandal?

• US sold weapons to Iran; sent money from sale to Contras in Nicaragua

• US sold weapons to Contras in Nicaragua; sent money to Iran

• US sold weapons to Iran to end Iran hostage crisis

• US sold weapons to Iraq to fight against Iran and Contras

First peace agreement between Israel and any Arab country (Egypt) negotiated by President Carter

• Camp David Accords

• Camp Eisenhower Accords

• Paris Peace Talks

• Berlin Peace Talks

How long did the Iran Hostage Crisis last?

• 31 days

• 119 days

• 236 days

• 444 days

Major law that lessened US dependence on foreign oil by 1979

• National Energy Act

• National Oil Act

• National Gasoline Act

• National Nuclear Act

Three parts to "Reaganomics"

• Budget cuts to social programs

• Tax cuts for those at highest incomes

• Increased defense spending

• Increased tariffs

Cutting back on federal regulation & oversight of industries

• Deregulation

• Devolution

• Revenue Sharing

• New Federalism

Major health crisis during the 1980s

• AIDs

• Cancer

• Heart Disease

• Tuberculosis

How did Reagan want to deal with apartheid (segregation) in South Africa?

• non-interventionist/hands off

• interventionist/hands on

US response after the Tiananmen Square incident in China?

• Imposed economic sanctions

• Imposed political sanctions

• Sent UN troops to China

• Sent NATO troops to China

1991 US operation to free Kuwait from Iraqi control

• Operation Desert Storm

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Operation Freedom

• Operation Torch