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Short Quiz / Exit Slip
President Ronald Reagan: The End of the Cold War, Communism in China, and the Iran-Contra Affair
Part A: Multiple Choice: Instructions: Choose the option the answers the question or completes the sentence.
1. Which of the following did President Ronald Reagan want to fund, expansively, in the nation’s
budget?
a. Food Stamps
b. Medicaid
c. Welfare
d. Defense
2. Why did Mikhail Gorbachev want to sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty?
a. Gorbachev wanted America to remove missiles in Turkey during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
b. Gorbachev wanted Cuba to get to remain Communist.
c. Gorbachev wanted to reduce defense spending in the USSR.
d. Gorbachev wanted to halt the separation of Belarus from the Soviet Union.
3. During the protests in China, in 1989, at Tiananmen Square, __________________ sent in the
military to crush the protests.
a. Li Peng
b. Ho Chi Minh
c. Syngman Rhee
d. Mao Zedong
4. Why did Reagan support the Contras in Nicaragua?
a. He believed they would win their war against Iraq and bring stability to the Middle East.
b. He believed they would eventually overthrow Castor in Cuba.
c. He wanted to build another canal, above the Panama Canal, to increase trade for the USA.
d. He wanted to support the group because they were against Communist like governments.
5. Who was the leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a. Nikita Khrushchev
b. Vladimir Lenin
c. Mikhail Gorbachev
d. Joseph Stalin
6. What was the purpose of the Boland Amendment?
a. To lend support to the protestors of Tiananmen Square
b. To assert that the USA would allow Communism to remain Cuba
c. To stop America from getting involved in revolutions in Central America
d. To limit the amount of missiles the USA could create with a reaching point of 300 to 3,400 miles
Part B: Short Answer: Instructions: Answer the question below.
1. What was the Iran-Contra Affair? Explain the occurrence.
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Short Quiz / Exit Slip
President Ronald Reagan: The End of the Cold War, Communism in China, and the Iran-Contra Affair
Part A: Multiple Choice: Instructions: Choose the option the answers the question or completes the sentence.
1. Which of the following did President Ronald Reagan want to fund, expansively, in the nation’s
budget?
a. Food Stamps
b. Medicaid
c. Welfare
d. Defense
2. Why did Mikhail Gorbachev want to sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty?
a. Gorbachev wanted America to remove missiles in Turkey during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
b. Gorbachev wanted Cuba to get to remain Communist.
c. Gorbachev wanted to reduce defense spending in the USSR.
d. Gorbachev wanted to halt the separation of Belarus from the Soviet Union.
3. During the protests in China, in 1989, at Tiananmen Square, __________________ sent in the
military to crush the protests.
a. Li Peng
b. Ho Chi Minh
c. Syngman Rhee
d. Mao Zedong
4. Why did Reagan support the Contras in Nicaragua?
a. He believed they would win their war against Iraq and bring stability to the Middle East.
b. He believed they would eventually overthrow Castor in Cuba.
c. He wanted to build another canal above the Panama Canal to increase trade for the USA.
d. He wanted to support the group because they were against Communist like governments.
5. Who was the leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a. Nikita Khrushchev
b. Vladimir Lenin
c. Mikhail Gorbachev
d. Joseph Stalin
6. What was the purpose of the Boland Amendment?
a. To lend support to the protestors of Tiananmen Square
b. To assert that the USA would allow Communism to remain Cuba
c. To stop America from getting involved in revolutions in Central America
d. To limit the amount of missiles the USA could create with a reaching point of 300 to 3,400 miles
Part B: Short Answer: Instructions: Answer the question below.
1. What was the Iran-Contra Affair? Explain the occurrence.
Iranian terrorists took American hostages in the country of Lebanon in 1985. In a controversial move,
Reagan sold weapons to Iran, a nation at war with Iraq, in agreement for the hostages to be let go. The
USA used the funds from Iran to help fund the Contras of Nicaragua, who were fighting against
Communist like takeovers from occurring in Central America. The Boland Amendment said America
could not fund revolutionary groups in Central America. The Contras used brutal tactics and many
American government leaders did not support them. In 1992, President Bush had to pardon several
members of Reagan’s staff for illegally selling weapons and giving the money to guerilla fighters in
Central America.
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