The Iran-Contra affair was __________
A) a covert operation through which the Reagan administration planned to topple the Iranian government
B) a diplomatic disaster in which Iranian and Nicaraguan leaders were deeply insulted by one of Reagan's speeches
C) a foreign policy crisis in which Reagan sent combat troops to both Iran and Nicaragua in order to keep the peace
D) a crisis between Iran and Nicaragua that nearly resulted in nuclear war
E) a scandal in which the government planned to sell weapons to Iran in order to finance exiles fighting in Nicaragua
Answer: E
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Which one of the following is NOT an explanation of the expansion of World War I to Asia, Africa, and the Pacific?
A. The principal actors entered the war for reasons that had nothing to do with the murder of Francis Ferdinand. B. Europeans were forced to recruit soldiers from their colonies because of the demands of the war. C. European nations carried their animosities into their colonies. D. Japan saw the war as an opportunity to grab German colonies. E. The German invasion of neutral Belgium was a profound breech of international law.
The Fifteenth Amendment
a. guaranteed voting regardless of race. b. lowered the voting age to eighteen. c. gave women suffrage. d. abolished slavery. e. gave equal citizenship to blacks.
The events that followed the Confederate capture of Fort Pillow demonstrated which of the following?
A. Union soldiers were more than willing to switch sides, given the proper inducements. B. Some Confederate generals did not believe the conventions of war applied to African American soldiers. C. The Confederates behaved honorably even under the most difficult circumstances. D. There was little support in the North for the use of African American soldiers in combat roles.