On November 4, 1979, a group of _______________ stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 ___________ hostages.
The Iran Hostage Crisis

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Iranian students, American
Angry students, Iranian
rebels, American
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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The hostage-taking was a dramatic way for the student _____________ to declare a break with Iran’s past and _________to American interference in its affairs.
revolutionaries, a new beginning
students, stop
revolutionaries, put an end
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In April 1980, President __________ decided to launch a risky military rescue mission known as Operation Eagle Claw. However, a severe desert sandstorm caused caused problems and _________________ servicemen were killed in an accident.
Kennedy, 10 Iranian
Carter, 8 American
Nixon, 10 Iranian
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The students set their ___________ free on January 21, 1981, 444 days after the crisis began and just hours after President _______________ delivered his inaugural address.
hostages, Ronald Reagan
friends, Gerald Ford
friends, Jimmy Carter
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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The reason Iranian __________ stormed the US Embassy was President Jimmy Carter’s decision to allow Iran’s deposed Shah, to come to the __________ for cancer treatment.
military, US
students, hospital
students, US
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