A political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration. Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo. They hoped, thereby, to fund the Contras in Nicaragua while at the same time negotiating the release of several U.S. hostages. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras by the government had been prohibited by Congress.
The result of Nat turner's revolt in Virginia led to the murder of hundreds of innocent blacks. Also, to suppress the revolt, 3,000 militia members were called in to control the revolt
