US & Soviet leaders 1941-91 Flashcards
List the 9 US presidents in order.
1) Roosevelt
2) Truman
3) Eisenhower
4) Kennedy
5) Johnson
6) Nixon
7) Ford
8) Carter
9) Reagan
When was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency?
1933-45.
When was Harry Truman’s presidency?
1945-53.
When was Eisenhower’s presidency?
1953-61.
When was Kennedy’s presidency?
1961-63.
When was Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency?
1963-69.
When was Nixon’s presidency?
1969-74.
When was Gerald Ford’s presidency?
1974-77.
When was Carter’s presidency?
1977-81.
When was Reagan’s presidency?
1981-89.
List the 7 Soviet leaders (general secretaries) in order.
1) Stalin
2) Malenkov
3) Khrushchev
4) Brezhnev
5) Andropov
6) Chernenko
7) Gorbachev
When was Stalin’s leadership?
1922-53.
When was Malenkov’s leadership?
1953-55.
When was Khrushchev’s leadership?
1955-64.
When was Brezhnev’s leadership?
1964-82
When was Andropov’s leadership?
1982-84.
When was Chernenko’s leadership?
1984-85.
When was Gorbachev’s leadership?
1985-91.
What was Roosevelt’s attitude?
Wanted cooperation with USSR.
What was Truman’s attitude?
Suspicious of communism- wanted to contain it. Ruined relationship between USA and USSR.
What was Eisenhower’s attitude?
To develop nuclear weapons in order to maintain a checkmate situation with the USSR.
What was Kennedy’s attitude?
Strengthening the USA militarily and trying to ease tensions with negotiation. His tactic was to threaten the USSR, but to not engage in war.
What was Nixon’s attitude?
Wanted to cool tensions with the USSR in the ’70s.
What was Carter’s attitude?
Wanted to return to containing communism.
