General Information
Causes
Key Terms
100

The hostage crisis followed which major event in Iran

Iranian Revolution

100
The leader of Iran who was a close ally to the United States prior to the event

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 

100

Who were the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line

The hostage-takers of the Americans

200

The amount of days the crisis lasted

444 days

200

Person who returned to Iran to establish an Islamic Republic 

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

200

Where the hostages were taken

US Embassy in Tehran

300

President who announced the release of the hostages

Ronald Reagan

300

Iran viewed the United States as a ______ power

imperialistic

300

This ended the crisis in January 1981.

Signing of the Algiers Accords

400

Amount of Americans taken hostage for over a year

52

400

The Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, went to the United States after the Iranian Revolution in 1979 for this reason.

He sought medical treatment

400

Operation to attempt to save the American hostages

Operation Eagle Claw

500

Reason why African American hostages were released after a week

To address the social inequality present in the United States

500

The United States' response to Iraq invading Iran in 1980.

The US supported Iraq by providing them with military supplies and intelligence

500

The government group that supported the hostage-takers to oppose American interference in Iran

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)