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What is the CIA?

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The Central Intelligence Agency

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What man orchestrated the CIA action in Iran?

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Kermit Roosevelt

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What was Iran’s original name

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Persia

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When was a revolt against the British in Iran and what was its result?

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1951, Mohamad Mossadegn became Prime Minister

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Who was placed on the throne after Shah Reza was removed by the British and the Soviets?

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

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Who was the first Shah of Iran and what was his position?

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Reza Pahlavi, cavalry officer (khan)

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What was the Shah’s family name changed to?

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Phlavi

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When and why did the first Shah fall from power?

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During WWII. The British wanted control over Iran.

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What was the CIA’s original role?

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Gathering intelligence

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What new role did the CIA have under the Eisenhower administer?

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Cover and Ops.

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What four positive reforms did the Shah make in Iran?

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Socioeconomic reforms, promoted education, improved social welfare services, gave women the right to vote.

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What CIA action followed its action in Iran?

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An overthrow of Guatemala’s government.

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How did the British treat Iran during WWII and immediately after?

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As a colony. They took Iran’s oil and profited off of it.

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How was the Shah restored to real power?

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A CIA lead coup.

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Who opposed the Shah?

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Students, Conservative muslims.

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Why was Shah Reza forced from the throne in Iran?

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Iran had previously been allied to Germany in WWI.

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What caused the Iranians to seize the American embassy?

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The U.S. did not hand the Shah over to Iran for trial.

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Why was the court case named “Brown vs. the Board of Education?”

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Because Brown was the first in Alphabetical order of suits that marshall was using.

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Why was it hard for blacks to win medals in the military before the Korean War?

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They were only allowed non-combat roles.

20
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What was “separate but equal?”

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The idea that Blacks and whites would have segregated facilities that were equal in quality. In reality that didn’t happen.

21
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Who was Thurgood Marshall?

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An attorney for the NAACP around Brown vs Education.

22
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Who was Earl Warren?

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Supreme Court Justice under Ike.

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Which Supreme Court cheif justice overturned the idea of “separate but equal?”

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Earl Warren.

24
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Who was Rosa Parks?

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A lady who was ordered to the back of a bus because she was black, she refused and MLK took the lead in protest

25
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Who was Martin Luther King, Jr?

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The pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.

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How did Christianity affect Martin Luther King’s approach to racism?

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He wanted to use Christian principles in protest of it.

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What two men influenced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s idea of nonviolent protest??

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Ghandi, Thoreau.

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What were the two principles of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s strategy?

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non-violence, civil disobedience.

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What decision was made in Brown II?

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That the states must move to comply with the order with all deliberate speed.

30
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Who were the “Dixiecrats”

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southern democrats

31
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Who was Orville Faubus?

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The Governor of AR who tried to stop black students from attending a white school in AR.

32
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Why did Eisenhower send in Federal troops into Little Rock, AR?

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Because AR wasn’t cooperating with the supreme court.

33
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What was Sputnik?

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The first artificial satellite

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Why did sputnik and sputnik II shock America so much?

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If they could send up satellites, they could send missiles

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Who or what was Laika?

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A dog sent into space by the Russians.

36
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How did science fiction change in the 50’s to reflect American culture?

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It began to focus on space.

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What was blamed for the superiority of Soviet advance in science and technology?

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Te educational system that it had compared to ours.

38
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How did America respond to the Space Race?

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Nuke drills, education reforms, space developments.

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How did Eisenhower feel about the military?

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He thought that It was becoming too large.

40
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Who was Ruth Handler?

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Designer of Barbie.

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What two problems did Barbie have?

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Too sexual, unrealistic body measurements

42
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What movie star was the first in Playboy magazine?

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Marilyn Monroe.

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What three social events changed sexuality in America in the 50’s?

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Barbie, Playboy, Elvis

44
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What two major problems were occurring in the late 1940’s and 1950’s?

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Communism and the civil rights movement.

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