exam final 8

Question 1

400 Americans are held for 444 days by Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. What is this called? / Why did the helicopter crash?

Answer 1

Iran Hostage Crisis/ We were cannibalizing parts from other machines because the USA money doesn’t have the money it needs to have.

Question 2

Who does the United States supports and gives money to which he uses for 9/11?

Answer 2

Osama Bin Laden.

Question 3

Who was a broadcaster, funny, and was nicknamed “ The Great Communicator” ?

Answer 3

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Question 3

What kind of democrats is it when people that were part of the democratic party sided with reagan?

Answer 3

Reagan Democrats

Question 4

What is the trickle down theory or Economic Recovery Act?

Answer 4

Reagan tells businesses to get cutbacks on taxes then they must prove to him they are paying their workers a living salary. So cut back taxes on business to make more money and workers can buy items again. In the end peoples’ paychecks rise up.

Question 4

Bomber that a nations radar could not detect. And would not know it was coming. What kind of bomb is this?

Answer 4

B2 Stealth Bomber

Question 5

What did the contras believe in? / What did Reagan do to help this group?

Answer 5

Democratic views in capitalism / Reagan started giving funds to the contras without getting congress’ approval.

Question 6

What Country is in Latin America in the early 1980s where a civil war breaks out against people wanting to spread communism vs people spreading capitalism?

Answer 6

Nicaragua

Question 7

What did the Sandinistas support?

Answer 7

communism

Question 8

What is the significance of the Miami Dade Shootout?

Answer 8

The significance of the shootout is people realizing they have a drug problem.

Question 8

Who is the puppet to teach kids about physical abuse and drugs and sexual abuse telling kids what to do in those situations.

Answer 8

McGruff the crime dog

Question 8

Who inaugurated the War on Drugs, and the main statement is “Just Say No” to drugs when presented and go to the police?

Answer 8

Nancy Reagan

Question 8

Who was Michial Plat and William Matrix? / What was the Miami Dade Shootout, April?

Answer 8

Terrorist Michial Platt and William Matrix who are Vietnam veterans and they shot up stores and the FBI catch up to them. A shootout happened at a school and 11 agents are killed. Michial and William bled out to death.

Question 8

A new leader named Saddam Hussian who said he was against the Soviet Union and USA put Donald Rumsfeld in power of what country?

Answer 8

Iraq

Question 8

What disease were people having immune systems wiped out by a virus? Did Reagan find research?

Answer 8

AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) / No he said it was a immoral disease for this immoral disease.

Question 8

What is the Iran-Contra Affair?

Answer 8

Reagan funding money to help Iran and contras without permission from congress so when congress notice large sums of money missing. Reagan is going to use military and congress money to try and make a civil war in Iran. Reagan never went on trial to testify but had fall guys.

Question 9

Who is New Soviet Union President and he said he is going to seek 2 new major reforms in the Soviet Union?

Answer 9

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 9

Who is Reagan fall guy for the Iran - Contra Affair? / Who did he say he got permission from? / Was Reagan put on trial?

Answer 9

Oliver North and he tries to divert attention away from Reagan and says he did a lot of the business without president knowing / He got permission from US military. He is kicked out military. / Reagan never gets on trial.

Question 9

Perestroika which means “Open” so what does this mean for the Soviet Union?

Answer 9

Soviet Union was going to be a more open society.

Question 10

What word translate to reform and means the Soviet Union is going to make different types of policies to help people have more freedom?

Answer 10

Glasnost