The Iran-Contra Affair intensified the already existing Cold War tensions between the USA and the Soviet Union.
<em>The Iran-Contra affair</em> was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of Reagan's presidency. Arms were secretly sold to Iran and the profits obtained from the sale went to support the Contras in Nicaragua.
<em>In Nicaragua</em>, young Marxists known as Sandinistas took power and turned to the Soviet Union for support and advisers. Soviet Union and Cuba both backed the new Sadinistas government. Seeing it as a way to spread communism, the Reagan administration<em> backed the Contras</em> ( the opposition to the new government). The Contras rebels received financial and military support from the U.S., the rebels were also trained covertly by the CIA. The money for the Contras came from illegal arms sales to Iran. The funding of the Contras had been prohibited by the Congress.
<em>The official justification for the arms shipment to Iran</em> was to pay for the release of seven American hostages in Lebanon. Iran was the subject of arms embargo and any arms sales were prohibited. It turned out that the sales started even before any hostages were taken. Iran was involved in a war with Iraq and the United States feared that it would fall under the Soviet Union's influence, as the Soviet Union supported Iraq in that war.
A free enterprise system is an economic system where a government places very few restrictions on the types of business activities or ownership in which citizens participate. This type of system is often referred to by others as a free market, or capitalism.
Answer:
The correct answer is D. Both the President's Cabinet and the Executive Office of the President provide advice to the President regarding policy decisions.
Explanation:
-The President's Cabinet is the highest body of the federal government, chaired by the president, who appoints the board and presents the elected members to the Senate. In turn, it approves or rejects the candidates nominated by the President by a simple majority. The term of office of the members of the Cabinet is the same as that of the President.
-The Executive Office of the President of the United States is an authority that works for the President of the United States and supports him in his executive duties. It was created by the Reorganization Act of 1939. The top position in the EOP is that of the Chief of Staff of the White House.
Clark developed the literacy and citizenship workshops that played an important role in the drive for voting rights and civil rights for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. Septima Clark's work was commonly under-appreciated by Southern male activists.or it would A: Clark's literary works served to open the eyes of the nation to the plight of African Americans in South Carolina and across the South as they focused on the struggle to navigate life under Jim Crow.
