Ike Flashcards
What is the CIA?
The Central Intelligence Agency
What man orchestrated the CIA action in Iran?
Kermit Roosevelt
What was Iran’s original name
Persia
When was a revolt against the British in Iran and what was its result?
1951, Mohamad Mossadegn became Prime Minister
Who was placed on the throne after Shah Reza was removed by the British and the Soviets?
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Who was the first Shah of Iran and what was his position?
Reza Pahlavi, cavalry officer (khan)
What was the Shah’s family name changed to?
Phlavi
When and why did the first Shah fall from power?
During WWII. The British wanted control over Iran.
What was the CIA’s original role?
Gathering intelligence
What new role did the CIA have under the Eisenhower administer?
Cover and Ops.
What four positive reforms did the Shah make in Iran?
Socioeconomic reforms, promoted education, improved social welfare services, gave women the right to vote.
What CIA action followed its action in Iran?
An overthrow of Guatemala’s government.
How did the British treat Iran during WWII and immediately after?
As a colony. They took Iran’s oil and profited off of it.
How was the Shah restored to real power?
A CIA lead coup.
Who opposed the Shah?
Students, Conservative muslims.
Why was Shah Reza forced from the throne in Iran?
Iran had previously been allied to Germany in WWI.
What caused the Iranians to seize the American embassy?
The U.S. did not hand the Shah over to Iran for trial.
Why was the court case named “Brown vs. the Board of Education?”
Because Brown was the first in Alphabetical order of suits that marshall was using.
Why was it hard for blacks to win medals in the military before the Korean War?
They were only allowed non-combat roles.
What was “separate but equal?”
The idea that Blacks and whites would have segregated facilities that were equal in quality. In reality that didn’t happen.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
An attorney for the NAACP around Brown vs Education.
Who was Earl Warren?
Supreme Court Justice under Ike.
Which Supreme Court cheif justice overturned the idea of “separate but equal?”
Earl Warren.
Who was Rosa Parks?
A lady who was ordered to the back of a bus because she was black, she refused and MLK took the lead in protest
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr?
The pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
How did Christianity affect Martin Luther King’s approach to racism?
He wanted to use Christian principles in protest of it.
What two men influenced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s idea of nonviolent protest??
Ghandi, Thoreau.
What were the two principles of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s strategy?
non-violence, civil disobedience.
What decision was made in Brown II?
That the states must move to comply with the order with all deliberate speed.
Who were the “Dixiecrats”
southern democrats
Who was Orville Faubus?
The Governor of AR who tried to stop black students from attending a white school in AR.
Why did Eisenhower send in Federal troops into Little Rock, AR?
Because AR wasn’t cooperating with the supreme court.
What was Sputnik?
The first artificial satellite
Why did sputnik and sputnik II shock America so much?
If they could send up satellites, they could send missiles
Who or what was Laika?
A dog sent into space by the Russians.
How did science fiction change in the 50’s to reflect American culture?
It began to focus on space.
What was blamed for the superiority of Soviet advance in science and technology?
Te educational system that it had compared to ours.
How did America respond to the Space Race?
Nuke drills, education reforms, space developments.
How did Eisenhower feel about the military?
He thought that It was becoming too large.
Who was Ruth Handler?
Designer of Barbie.
What two problems did Barbie have?
Too sexual, unrealistic body measurements
What movie star was the first in Playboy magazine?
Marilyn Monroe.
What three social events changed sexuality in America in the 50’s?
Barbie, Playboy, Elvis
What two major problems were occurring in the late 1940’s and 1950’s?
Communism and the civil rights movement.
