What were the differences and similarities between the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals?
What will be an ideal response?
In the Iran-Contra scandal, Reagan administration officials sold arms to Iran to secure the hostages' release and then illegally used the proceeds to support the anti-communist Contras in Nicaragua. The initial act—the arms sales—was kept secret because it contradicted Reagan's public pronouncements about refusing to negotiate with or give in to terrorism. Nixon tried to keep the Watergate break-in secret not only because it was embarrassing but also because it was itself illegal. Both the sales of arms to the Contras and the Watergate cover-up were similar in autocratically using presidential authority to subvert the will and the proper authority of Congress. Yet Reagan's abuses of power did not lead to impeachment.
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A. that we needed to take a more critical approach to media targeted to women B. that we needed to take a more positive approach to media targeted to women C. that men needed to take a more positive approach to media targeted to young children D. that we needed to take a more positive approach to media targeted to men
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A) few former slaves stayed on their masters' plantations B) most former slaves became landowners C) many former slaves remained on the plantations as sharecroppers and tenants D) freedmen were unable to form separate communities
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A) lengthening the war until the Vietcong tired of fighting. B) improving the combat capability of the South Vietnamese Army. C) escalating America's air war over North Vietnam. D) driving the Vietcong from their sanctuaries in Cambodia.
The Chisholm Trail was used to __________
A) make it easier for pioneers to enter California B) move the Sioux to government-run reservations C) ship mining deposits to the East D) drive cattle northward