Short answer questions Reagan/Carter test 

Reykjavik-

gorbachev wanted to stop the nuclear arms race

He wanted to meet at Reykjavik

Reagan refuses to give up the idea of star wars/SDI (strategic defense initiative)

Star wars-

US defense missiles blow up soviet missiles in space

Vienne/ Rome-

Terrorists opened fire

20 people killed

5 americans

1- 11 year old girl

Achille Lauro-

Italian cruise ship

Hijacked

One american killed(was in a wheelchair)

Hijackers surrendered

Sent to egypt

Egypt promised to send hijackers to italy

American fighter jets escorted plane to italy

Beirut, Lebanon-

Explosion at US embassy

16 dead

Evil empire-

what US president Reagan called the ussr

Reagan 1st:1st actor president ,1st divorced president,Oldest elected president

Iran contra scandal-

Lebanon:

Americans Kidnapped by hezbollah

Hezbollah is funded/ influenced by iran

Iran:

Influenced hezbollah

1980- 1988 iran- iraq war

Secretly buys weapons from US

US

Americans were kidnapped in lebanon

Americans sold weapons to iran Secretly/ illegally

Giving money to contra from Iran arms sale

Nicaragua

Daniel ortega (leader)

Marxist

[1820- monroe doctrine: US will defend western hemisphere from enemies]

Contra- trying to take over the Orlega’s gov’t (vocab word)

Money from weapons sales to Iran is given to the contra

Invasion of Grenada-

US invaded Grenada (a caribbean island)

To boost Americas pride/morality

To flex our “military muscle”or to show that we have power