For a free market economy, having no external regulation over the prices and production of goods (in terms of amount of goods) other than those exhibited by the market itself is usually considered to be the main characteristic.
The Iran–Contra Scandal (Persian: ماجرای ایران-کنترا, Spanish: caso Irán-Contra), also referred to as Irangate,[1] Contragate[2] or the Iran–Contra affair, was 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.[3] The administration hoped to use the proceeds of the arms sale to fund the Contras in Nicaragua. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras by the government had been prohibited by Congress.
The official justification for the arms shipments was that they were part of an operation to free seven American hostages being held in Lebanon by Hezbollah, a paramilitary group with Iranian ties connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The plan was for Israel to ship weapons to Iran, for the United States to resupply Israel, and for Israel to pay the United States. The Iranian recipients promised to do everything in their power to achieve the release of the hostages.[4][5] However, as documented by a congressional investigation, the first Reagan-sponsored secret arms sales to Iran began in 1981 before any of the American hostages had been taken in Lebanon. This fact ruled out the "arms for hostages" explanation by which the Reagan administration sought to excuse its behavior.[6]
Answer:
1. After the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson
wanted to know what the territory he
purchased was like.
2. Meriwether Lewis was Jefferson’s private
secretary and William Clark was an army
officer.
3..They started on the Missouri River in St.
Louis in May 1804.
4. They wanted to find a route to the Pacific
Ocean.
5. They were supposed to make notes about
natural resources and geography.
6..They were large, successful settlements
with an overall population of 5,000
people. They were an important trade
center for native tribes and French traders.
7. A Shoshone who was married to one of
the fur traders and acted as a guide to the
West
8. Over the Columbia River
9. September 1806
10. A fort was established and they were
decimated by disease.
Explanation:
Highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.
