Author Question: President Reagan's popularity declined and his authority over foreign affairs was diminished after ... (Read 59 times)

Collmarie · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

After arriving in Lebanon in 1982 as a peacekeeping force, American troops

a. allied with the Israeli troops remaining in Lebanon.
b. brought peace and stability to the war-ravaged country.
c. became involved in the hostilities between warring Lebanese factions.
d. consistently maintained a strictly neutral position in the Lebanese civil war.

Question 2

President Reagan's popularity declined and his authority over foreign affairs was diminished after 1986 largely as a result of

a. the disclosure of the administration's illegal diversion of money from a secret arms sale to Iran to fund thecontras in Nicaragua.
b. Supreme Court decisions that halted his efforts to impound funds approved by Congress for the expansion ofsocial programs.
c. mounting ridicule of the Strategic Defense Initiative that undermined public faith in the president's ability tomake rational decisions.
d. Mikhail Gorbachev's clear superiority as a negotiator.