Match Each Description with the Item Below

question 93

Multiple Choice

Match each description with the item below.
-Oliver North

• A)was Ronald Reagan's budget director who proposed major reductions in federal spending
• B)was the youngest combat pilot to have flown in the U.S. military and was an oil executive in Texas
• C)was a televangelist and founder of the Moral Majority
• D)worked to fend off communism in the Screen Actor's Guild and was governor of California
• E)met with Ronald Reagan to discuss ways to reduce the threat of nuclear war
• F)was a National Security Council aide and the main actor in the Iran-Contra affair
• G)was a landmark appointee to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan
• H)was a Texas billionaire who appealed to Americans who were fed up with the two major parties
• I)made history as a vice-presidential candidate chosen by Walter Mondale
• J)said, "[My opponent] will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did."

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Definitions:

French

relates to France or its people, language, or culture, a country known for its historical influence on art, science, and philosophy.

Intolerable Acts

A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

Continental Congress

The assembly of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies which became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution.

Philadelphia

A historic city in Pennsylvania, significant for its role in the early history of the United States, including the signing of the Declaration of Independence.