What was the Iran-Contra affair?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Robert McFarlane, the national security advisor, proposed selling antitank missiles to Iran in return for six American hostages.
2. CIA director William Casey convinced the president to go forward with the plan.
3. Oliver North came up with a plan to divert the proceeds from the arms sales to the Contras in Nicaragua.
4. North’s plan was illegal and unconstitutional.
5. When the secret got out, Reagan’s reputation was tarnished.
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During the Civil War, the North differed from the South in which of the following respects?
a. Agricultural production increased in the South; northern agricultural production plummeted. b. The South became poorer; the North remained prosperous. c. The South's industry expanded a little; all northern industries experienced unprecedented growth. d. The South experienced severe inflation; northern prices remained stable.
What argument about Native Americans caused tension between the mendicant friars and Spanish conquerors?
A. the renaming of Native American groups B. the education of Native American children C. the necessity of Native American conquest for conversion D. the maintenance of Native American traditions E. the regulation of food stock for Native American families
John Marshall, as chief justice of the United States, helped to strengthen the judicial branch of government by
a. applying Jeffersonian principles in all of his decisions. b. asserting the doctrine that the Supreme Court was the final arbiter of the Constitution. c. making the Chief Justice the administrator of all federal courts. d. requiring the attorney general to test legal principles before the Supreme Court. e. increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
Why was Catherine the Great an unlikely contender for the Russian throne?
A. She was German. B. She was Protestant. C. She was married in to the Romanov family. D. She was a woman. E. All of these.