Leaders’ names and dates Flashcards
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964?
Nikita Khrushchev
Which U.S. president served during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962?
John F. Kennedy
True or False: Leonid Brezhnev led the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982.
True
Fill in the blank: ______ was the U.S. president during the majority of the Vietnam War.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China during the Cold War?
Deng Xiaoping
Which U.S. president was in office from 1981 to 1989?
Ronald Reagan
What year did Mikhail Gorbachev become the leader of the Soviet Union?
1985
True or False: Richard Nixon was the U.S. president who initiated détente with the Soviet Union.
True
Who succeeded Nikita Khrushchev as the leader of the Soviet Union?
Leonid Brezhnev
Fill in the blank: ______ was the U.S. president during the Berlin Wall’s construction in 1961.
John F. Kennedy
Which leader was known for the policy of Glasnost?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Which U.S. president was in office from 1969 to 1974?
Richard Nixon
True or False: The Cold War lasted from 1947 to 1991.
True
Who was the British Prime Minister during the majority of the 1980s?
Margaret Thatcher
What years did Harry S. Truman serve as U.S. president?
1945 to 1953
Fill in the blank: ______ was the last leader of the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Who was the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
Ho Chi Minh
Which U.S. president was involved in the Bay of Pigs invasion?
John F. Kennedy
True or False: The Brezhnev Doctrine justified Soviet intervention in Eastern Europe.
True
What was the name of the policy aimed at reducing tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the 1970s?
Détente
Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cold War?
Fidel Castro
Which U.S. president served from 1989 to 1993?
George H. W. Bush
Fill in the blank: ______ was the Soviet leader during the Prague Spring in 1968.
Leonid Brezhnev
Who was the U.S. Secretary of State known for the policy of containment?
George F. Kennan
True or False: The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance of Western countries.
False
What was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?
To aid Western European economies after World War II
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Suez Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
What years did Dwight D. Eisenhower serve as U.S. president?
1953 to 1961
Fill in the blank: ______ was the Soviet leader during the detente period.
Leonid Brezhnev
Who was the U.S. president known for his role in ending the Cold War?
Ronald Reagan
True or False: The Cold War was primarily a military conflict.
False
What was the significance of the Berlin Wall?
It symbolized the division between East and West during the Cold War.
Who was the U.S. president during the Iran Hostage Crisis?
Jimmy Carter
Fill in the blank: ______ was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Nikita Khrushchev
Which leader was in charge of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War?
The U.S. President
What was the primary focus of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War?
Containment of communism
Who was the last General Secretary of the Soviet Union?
Mikhail Gorbachev
True or False: The Cold War ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
True
Which U.S. president was known for the ‘Evil Empire’ speech?
Ronald Reagan
What was the significance of the Helsinki Accords?
It was an agreement to improve relations between the Communist bloc and the West.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Afghan War?
Leonid Brezhnev, followed by Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko
Fill in the blank: ______ was the U.S. president at the start of the Cold War.
Harry S. Truman
Which leader implemented the policy of ‘perestroika’?
Mikhail Gorbachev
What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1989
True or False: The U.S. and the Soviet Union were allies during World War II.
True
