Cold War People

Question 0

Ronald Reagan

Answer 0

Was the US president from 1981-89
He was known for his aggressive attitude towards fighting communism
Gave the ‘evil empire’ speech in 1983

Question 1

Dubeck

Answer 1

Was the leader of Czechoslovakia in 1968
Wanted ‘socialism with a human face’
Tried to introduce more freedom into Czechoslovakia

Question 2

Brezhnev

Answer 2

Was the leader of the USSR from 1964-82

Question 3

Churchill

Answer 3

Was the U.K. prime minster
He was voted out in 1945
Was one of the ‘big three’

Question 4

Gorbachev

Answer 4

He wanted to reform communism

He introduced the ideas of glasnost and perestroika

Question 5

Kennedy

Answer 5

Was the US president from 1960-63
He refused to back down in the Cuban missile crisis in 1962
Ordered the bays of pigs invasion in 1961

Question 6

Stalin

Answer 6

Was the leader of the USSR

He died in 1953

Question 7

Roosevelt

Answer 7

He was the American president

He died in 1945

Question 8

Khrushchev

Answer 8

He was the leader of the USSR from 1953-64
Took over after Stalin
Did a secret speech in 1956