Review: Iran-Contra Affair Flashcards
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| 9765077053 | Nicaragua | The country the Contra scandal involved | 0 | |
| 9765077054 | Sandino | Murdered by Somoza in the 1936 coup | 1 | |
| 9765077055 | NSC and CIA | created by the National Security Act of 1947 | 2 | |
| 9765077056 | Contras | The U.S.-backed rebels in Nicaragua | 3 | |
| 9765077057 | Theocracy | a government ruled by religious leaders | 4 | |
| 9765077058 | the Ayatollah | Iran theocracy leader | 5 | |
| 9765077059 | The Sandinistas | Attempted to create a Socialist government in Nicaragua | 6 | |
| 9765077060 | Boland Amendments | created to end Contra funding. | 7 | |
| 9765077061 | Oliver North | central figure in both the Iran and Contra scandals. | 8 | |
| 9765077062 | William Casey | Reagan's CIA director. | 9 | |
| 9765077063 | McFarlane and Poindexter | Reagan's National Security Advisors involved in the Iran-Contra Affair. | 10 | |
| 9765077064 | The Shah of Iran | Ayatollah's followers overthrow him because of corruption and support from the U.S. | 11 | |
| 9765077065 | Sold arms to Iran and | diverted the money to support the Contras | 12 | |
| 9765077067 | Quid Pro Quo. | A favor granted in expectation of getting something in return | 13 | |
| 9765077068 | Albert Hakim and Richard Second | established a business called the enterprise to handle arms sales and diversion of funds on behalf of North and the U.S. | 14 | |
| 9765077069 | Operation Staunch | the name of the U.S. arms embargo against Iran. | 15 | |
| 9765077070 | Iran desired weapons to fight its war against this country | Iraq | 16 | |
| 9765077071 | The U.S. initially began selling weapons to Iran through the nation of ________ | Israel | 17 | |
| 9765077072 | Adnan Khassoggi (Saudi) and Manucher Ghorbanifar | helped facilitate the sale of weapons to Iran | 18 | |
| 9765077073 | Donald Regan | Reagan's Chief of Staff | 19 | |
| 9765077075 | Lawrence Walsh | the independent counsel investigating Iran-Contra. | 20 | |
| 9765077076 | John Tower | Texas senator appointed by Reagan to investigate the Iran-Contra Affair | 21 | |
| 9765077078 | President Bush | Pardoned the persons accused of crimes in the Iran-Contra Affair | 22 | |
| 9765077079 | Immunity | Congress granted __________ to many witnesses in exchange for their testimony. | 23 | |
| 9765077081 | President Reagan authorized | the sale of arms to Iran | 24 |