Reagan's Foreign Policy

Reagan's Foreign Policy

11th - 12th Grade

8 Qs

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Reagan's Foreign Policy

Reagan's Foreign Policy

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History

11th - 12th Grade

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Created by

Jason Wolfe

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What famous Reagan line from his speech at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate characterized his hard-line Cold War stance?

"Ich bin ein berliner."

"an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent."

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"

"Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.”

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Reagan opponents' of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) nickname it?

Star Wars

Star Trek

Star and the Forces of Evil

War Games

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev produced the INF Treaty in 1988. What does INF stand for?

Interballistic Nuclear Fallout

Interdimensional Nuclear Frenzy

Intermediate Nuclear Forces

Intersected Nuclear Flagships

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a 1983 speech, President Reagan condemned the Soviet Union and Communism by calling it

"Axis of Evil"

"Evil Kneval"

"Legion of Doom"

"Evil Empire"

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which Latin America country did the US support a Sandinista opposition group known as the Contras?

El Salvador

Guatemala

Nicaraugua

Panama

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which country in the Middle East did the US sell weapons to in order to help fund the Contras?

Iran

Lebanon

Kuwait

Saudi Arabia

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was convicted of destroying government documents and perjury as part of the Iran-Contra Affair investigation?

Defense Secretary Caspar Wineberger

Vice President George Bush

Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North

Vice Admiral John Poindexter

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What Middle Eastern capital city saw the US embassy bombed and 241 American soldiers killed in a suicide bombing?

Damascus, Syria

Beirut, Lebanon

Baghdad, Iraq

Kabul, Afghanistan