Question 1

President Reagan's use of the term evil empire referred to

Accepted Answer

the USSR.

Question 2

Which led to an increase in Cold War tensions between the US and the USSR in 1983?

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a breakdown in arms-control negotiations

Question 3

The nickname for President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative was

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Star Wars.

Question 4

Which best describes the connection between Iran and Nicaragua during the mid-1980s?

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Profits from arms sold to Iran were used to fund the Contras in Nicaragua.

Question 5

Middle Eastern terrorists targeted the United States because

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the United States intervened in Middle Eastern politics.

Question 6

In response to a terrorist attack in West Germany in 1986, the United States bombed targets in which country?

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Libya

Question 7

In 1987, President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which

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improved US-Soviet relations through the reduction of arms.

Question 8

After his election in 1980, which action did President Reagan take in regard to the USSR?

Accepted Answer

He increased defense spending.

Question 9

Many people in the Middle East were angered because the United States refused to sanction Israel for its invasion of

Accepted Answer

Lebanon

Question 10

What did US involvement in Nicaragua reveal about the Reagan administration?

Accepted Answer

It was willing to operate outside the law to achieve its goals.

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