?
The Sandinista
National Liberation
Front forms, with the
goal to overthrow
the Somoza regime
and end U.S.
imperialism.
The Sandinistas
hold the
Nicaraguan
Congress hostage
and call for a
national uprising.
President Carter
ends aid to the
Somoza regime
over human rights
abuses. Somoza
escapes Nicaragua,
and the Sandinistas
gain control of the
country.
1937
1960s
1978
1979
A. The Somoza regime seizes power in Nicaragua, engaging in
human rights offenses the United States overlooks.
B. The United States supports the Somoza regime in exchange for
military aid in other Latin American countries.
C. The United States threatens to stop all military aid to Nicaragua
unless the Somoza regime ends human rights abuses.
D. The Cuban Revolution inspires the Somoza regime to overthrow
the government and establish a communist government.

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