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26 Cards in this Set
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Which groups opposed Reza Shah in Iran? |
-tribal leaders |
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Tudeh Party |
-1941 |
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National Front |
-Mohammad Mosaddiq |
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Mosaddiq's reforms |
oil nationalization |
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end of the National Front |
1953 |
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini |
against Reza Shah and foreign intervention |
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White Revolution |
-literacy |
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National Resurgence Party |
-1975 |
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When was the Iranian Revolution? |
1979 |
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What was the purpose of the Iranian Revolution? |
to replace the Shah with an Islamic government |
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What was the name of the shah's political party? |
Resurgence Party |
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Why did the people of Iran oppose Muhammed Reza Shah's Iranian regime? |
-secular |
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Who were the two major groups opposing the shah? |
Freedom Movement and the ulama |
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Freedom Movement of Iran |
-1961 |
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Ali Shari'ati |
-Freedom Movement |
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Who led the ulama during the revolution? |
Khomeini |
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Events of the Iranian Revolution |
attacks on Khomeinin---clashes----recession---martial law---large protests---end of the shah in 1979 |
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first 2 PM after the revolution |
Bakhtiar and Mehdi Bazargan |
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Council of the Islamic Republic |
-ulama |
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Islamic Republic Party |
-ayatollahs |
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1979 Iranian Constitution |
-all Islamic laws |
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1st President of Iran |
Abol Hasan Bani-Sadr |
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Islamization of Iranian Society |
-land reform attempts |
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When was the Islamic Republic Party dissolved? |
1987 |
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What replaced the SAVAK? |
Revolutionary Guards |
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Who replaced Khomeini as the Islamic Jurist? |
Ali Khamenei |
