Author Question: Why was American credibility damaged as a result of the covert arms sale to Iran? a. Congress had ... (Read 93 times)

appyboo · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

What role did Indians play in the crisis that evolved between white Americans and the British?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Why was American credibility damaged as a result of the covert arms sale to Iran?

a. Congress had passed legislation that prohibited arms sales to any Third World nation.
b. The sale violated treaty agreements between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning the MiddleEast.
c. The United States was actively allied with Iraq in its war against Iran.
d. America was trading with a country that it had condemned as a terrorist state and with which it haddemanded its allies not trade.

janeli1 · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 12, 2019

Answer 1

ANSWER: Students should recognize several factors. Once the French were removed from North America as potential Indian allies, the middle ground between whites and Indians shrunk.
The result was Indian alliances (like the Covenant Chain) and attacks (like Pontiac's
Uprising) and the Paxton Boys. To keep the two groups apart, the British imposed the Proclamation Line of 1763 and stationed an army. The cost of the army was one factor leading the British to start taxing Americans and precipitating the crisis. Students should also recognize that the Second Continental Congress explicitly warned Indians to stay neutral, and that although some tribes did, many others sided with the British, playing their own role in the conflict among whites.

Answer 2

d