The contras<span> is a label given to the various U.S.-backed and funded right-wing rebel groups that ... After US </span>support<span> was banned by Congress, the </span>Reagan<span> administration .... The </span>secret contra<span> assistance was run by the National Security Council, with ... by paid consultants who </span>did<span> not disclose their connection to the </span>Reagan<span> ...</span>
        
             
        
        
        
The action that has come to symbolize the end of the Cold War is 3. tearing down the Berlin Wall. The Wall had been formed by the Soviet Union to separate East Berlin (Soviet-controlled) from West Berlin (Western-controlled). Its fall allowed Berliners (and Germans) from the Eastern half finally make their way to the Western half. 
        
             
        
        
        
The History of the Standard Oil Company<span> is a 1904 book by journalist</span>Ida Tarbell<span>. It is an exposé about the Standard Oil Company, run at the time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, the richest figure in American history.
d.</span><span>19th century objective historiography
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Because of its <span>dry summers, mountains, and soil quality.</span>