President Reagan's Popularity Declined and His Authority Over Foreign Affairs

question 82

Multiple Choice

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 the contras in Nicaragua.
• B) Supreme Court decisions that halted his efforts to impound funds approved by Congress for the expansion of social programs.
• C) mounting ridicule of the Strategic Defense Initiative that undermined public faith in the president's ability to make rational decisions.
• D) Mikhail Gorbachev's clear superiority as a negotiator.

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