Question 1
In response to the overthrow of the Somoza government by revolutionaries in Nicaragua, the Reagan administration
a. endorsed the Contadora peace plan backed by other Latin American nations.
b. relied on peaceful persuasion to encourage the Nicaraguan people to protest the new government's humanrights abuses.
c. secured the support of European allies to cut off trade with Nicaragua.
d. used the CIA to train and arm counterrevolutionar
ies whose goal it was to overthrow the Sandinistagovernmen
t.
Question 2
According to James Otis Jr. a writ of assistance annihilated what basic and essential individual freedom?
a. the ability to speak freely at public gatherings
b. that one's home was safe from government intrusion and inspection.
c. the right to bear arms
d. the ability to manufacture goods for sale in Europe