Jeopardy Nixon/Ford Carter Iran Hostage End of Cold War Iran Contra Vocabulary Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question What was Jimmy’s Carter Foreign Policy based on?

$100 Answer Human Rights

$200 Question Nixon’s Policy to ease Cold War tensions

$200 Answer Détente

$300 Question Who was Henry Kissinger and what did he believe in?

$300 Answer Advisor to Nixon and Ford He believed in Realpolitik He also wanted to use China And USSR against each other

$400 Question What did Carter do to ease tensions in Latin America?

$400 Answer He gave up U.S. rights to the Panama Canal

$500 Question What did Nixon do to improve foreign relations?

$500 Answer –recognized China’s communist government –Made a deal to exchange scientific information with China –Visited China and USSR

$100 Question Who seized the U.S. embassy and took the hostages?

$100 Answer Iranian Students

$200 Question What did the Iranians want in return for the hostages?

$200 Answer They wanted to Shah returned to Iran to be tried for his crimes against his people.

$300 Question What was the final deal that ended the Iranian Hostage Crisis?

$300 Answer U.S. Unfroze Iranian Assets in exchange for the hostages

$400 Question Why did the U.S. support the Shah?

$400 Answer The Shah was not communist and was not a risk to U.S. access of oil

$500 Question What events eventually led to the end of the hostage crisis?

$500 Answer a. Reagan was elected in the 1980 election and promised to end the crisis by any means necessary. b. The Ayatollah Khomeini’s supporters were elected to the Iranian parliament. This meant that there was no reason to hold the hostages to prevent any illegal political changes in Iran. c. Iran and Iraq became involved in a war. Iranian assets had been frozen in the U.S. and they now needed the $ for war. d. The Shah died in July 1980 living in Egypt. The main purpose of holding the hostages (to get the Shah back for trial) was gone.

$100 Question This allowed open criticism of the USSR and Freedom of the Press

$100 Answer Glasnost

$200 Question Gorby’s Economic Reforms that allowed for some free enterprise in the USSR

$200 Answer Peristroika

$300 Question Which satellite country was the first to gain its independence from the USSR?

$300 Answer Poland

$400 Question How did Communist hardliners feel about Gorby’s reforms?

$400 Answer They wanted to overthrow Gorbachev for his liberal policies, but were unable to.

$500 Question When does the Cold War officially end?

$500 Answer The USSR was declared officially dissolved on December 25, 1991

$100 Question Communist government of Nicaragua

$100 Answer Sandinistas

$200 Question Anti-Communist rebels against the Communist government (Sandinistas) – Supported by the Reagan administration

$200 Answer Contras

$300 Question Islamic group (considered terrorist group by U.S.) based in Lebanon, responsible for taking American hostages in 1980s

$300 Answer Hezbollah

$400 Question Congress put this in place to stop U.S. from aiding the Contras for a two-year period.

$400 Answer Boland Amendment

$500 Question What is the connection the U.S. had with the Iran-Iraq War?

$500 Answer We supported Iraq, but decided to secretly sell weapons to Iran in order to get their moderates to encourage Hezbollah to release our hostages.

$100 Question Ford’s greatest foreign policy achievement; agreements promising greater cooperation between Eastern and Western Europe

$100 Answer Helsinki Accords

$200 Question When Carter fostered a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt they agreed Israel would give up conquered land (Sinai Peninsula) and Egypt would recognize Israel’s existence in this aggreement

$200 Answer Camp David Accords

$300 Question Why did Reagan want to spend so much $ to build up our military?

$300 Answer to put fear into USSR and discourage them from wanting war with us

$400 Question Why did Reagan attack Grenada?

$400 Answer Grenada was developing close ties with Cuba/USSR

$500 Question He was an exiled Muslim religious leader who led Iran in taking over the Shah *Bonus for correct spelling!

$500 Answer Ayatollah Khomeini

Final Jeopardy How does Iran-Contra compare to Watergate?

Final Jeopardy Answer Cover-up President involved People indicted and pardoned Presidential and congressional investigations