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Cold War Leaders
The document provides a timeline of Cold War leaders and significant events from 1927 to 1999, detailing policies like de-stalinization, détente, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. It outlines the roles of various leaders, including Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, and Yeltsin, alongside pivotal events such as the Berlin Wall, Vietnam War, and the end of the USSR. Key terms related to military strategies and political scandals, as well as the impacts of these events on global relations, are also discussed.
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Cold War Leaders
- 1. COLD WAR LEADERS _________ ____________ ____________ ___________ _________ 1927-1953 1956-1964 1964-1982 1985-1991 1991- 1999 1945 1991 - __________ __________ _________ __________ _________ ______ ________ __________ _______ 1945-1953 1953-1961 1961-1963 1963-1969 1969-1974 1974-1977 1977-1981 1981-1989 1989-1993
- 2. COLD WAR LEADERS Stalin Khrushchev Brezhnev Gorbachev Yeltsin 1927-1953 1956-1964 1964-1982 1985-1991 1991- 1999 Man of Steel Shoe at UN Big Eye Brows - Defied 30 yr dictatorship, Gulag More Hard-line Commi August Coup - Last USA Ally = WWII De-Stalinization 54? Crushed Dissidents - Stop Commi Iron Curtain 46 Communist leader comeback Start of Cold War Hungarian Revolt 56 Czechoslovakia 68 Containment 46 - End of Cold War - 1st Democratic Sputnik 57 Détente 70s - Glasnost President of Russia Marshall Plan 47 Open Skies 60 SALT 70s (Openness) - Capitalist Disaster Berlin Blockade 47 - Oligarchs Rule U-2 Incident 60 Stagnation (Ignored Economy crumbling) 70s - Perestroika Molotov Plan (Economic Change) -“Shock Therapy” Cuban Missile Crisis 62 “Stability” 60-70s Warsaw Pact 55 - USSR breaks up - Corruption Berlin Wall 61-89 Cold War Thaws 70s - Instability Afghanistan Invasion 79 1945 1991 Vietnam 54 – 61 - Pardoned - Debt Spending Iron Curtain 46 Détente CIA rigs Iran Nixon to topple Soviets Containment 46 Brinkmanship Vietnamization - Detente Mossedeq out US Civil Rights - East Timor -No Détente Marshall Plan 47 Berlin Wall 61 Mai Lai Massacre 69 -SALT Berlin War 89 Shah in 53 Gulf of Tonkin 64 starts -Star Wars (SDI) Berlin Airlift 47 Cuban Missile Crisis Cambodia Bombing -Iran Hostage USSR Ends 91 “Red Scare” 1962 Tet Offensive 68 - Vietnam -Iran Contra Scandal Cold War End CIA 49 Mai Lai Massacre 69 China Visit 72 -Afghanistan Sputnik 57 Vietnam advisors ends 75 -“Tear down wall” NATO 49 Chile Sept 11, 1973 -support “Open Skies” - Detente -INF Treaty to Korean War 50-53 Watergate 74 U-2 Incident 60 - SALT reduce nukes Truman Eisenhower Kennedy LBJ Nixon Ford Carter Reagan Bush 1945-1953 1953-1961 1961-1963 1963-1969 1969-1974 1974-1977 1977-1981 1981-1989 1989-1993 Farewell Speech Only Catholic Peanut Farmer Listen LBJ phone Only to resign 74 Only not CIA Director Start of Cold War Military Industrial Youngest Served on Nuclear Actor chats on c-span.org Watergate Affair elected 1976 Complex 1961 Assassinated 63 Submarine
- 3. COLD WAR LEADERS _________ ____________ ____________ ___________ _________ 1927-1953 1956-1964 1964-1982 1985-1991 1991- 1999 1945 1991 - __________ __________ _________ __________ _________ ______ ________ __________ _______ 1945-1953 1953-1961 1961-1963 1963-1969 1969-1974 1974-1977 1977-1981 1981-1989 1989-1993
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- 6. Khrushchev De-Stalinization was a policy to end Stalin’s cult of personality, his gulags and rule by fear after his death in 1953.
- 8. Associated with theU-2 Incident
- 9. Khrushchev What was the U-2 Incident? Eisenhower
- 10. Khrushchev U-2 Incident: A US spy plane shot down while taking photos of ICBM development sites in the Soviet Union. Eisenhower
- 11. President that triedto establish Brinkmanship
- 12. What is the policy of Brinkmanship? Kennedy
- 13. Brinkmanship: Risky strategywhere America acts as if it is willing to launch nuclear weapons to make the Soviet Union give up. Kennedy
- 15. Involved in theCuban Missile Crisis
- 16. Khrushchev What was theCuban Missile Crisis? Kennedy
- 17. Khrushchev Conflictbetween the Soviet Union and the United States over the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba Kennedy
- 18. ALL who wereassociated with SALT
- 19. Brezhnev What was SALT? Ford Carter
- 20. Brezhnev Strategic Arms Limitation Talk; Agreement to lower amount of ICBM’s pointed at each nation Ford Carter
- 21. Associated with termVietnamization
- 22. What were the efforts of Vietnamization? Nixon
- 23. Goal was totransfer responsibility of fighting to South Vietnamese in order to begin pulling US troops out of Vietnam Nixon
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- 25. Khrushchev Why did itgo up? What was the year? Kennedy
- 26. Khrushchev Built in 1961to divide East and West Berlin Kennedy
- 27. Associated with theTet Offensive
- 28. What was TheTet Offensive? LBJ
- 29. Attacks by Vietcong against US and its Southern Republic allies LBJ
- 30. Termed as theLast Communist leader
- 31. Gorbachev Throughhis economic and political reforms, he made the govt. less communistic.
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- 33. Brezhnev What wasDétente? Nixon Ford Carter
- 34. Brezhnev Opposite of brinkmanship; general reduction of tension between Soviet Union and USA Nixon Ford Carter
- 35. Involved in WatergateScandal
- 36. What was This Scandal? Nixon
- 37. Political scandal inwhich burglars broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington DC. Nixon
- 38. Associated with MaiLai Massacre
- 39. What was the MaiLai Massacre? Nixon
- 40. Americans conducted the massmurder of at least 347 innocent Vietnamese civilians. Nixon
- 41. Only not electedPresident
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- 44. What does CIA standfor and what Was it’s purpose? Truman
- 45. Central Intelligence Agency They are responsible for providing national security intelligence to Senior United States policymakers. Truman
- 46. Associated with puttingthe Shah in power
- 47. Who was theShah? How was the CIA involved? Eisenhower
- 48. The Shah wasthe emperor of Iran Who was overthrown by the Iranian Revolution on Feb 11. 1979 The CIA was involved with the Shah By putting him into power in Iran over The democratic leader Mosaddeq. Eisenhower
- 49. Associated with thestarting of NATO in 49
- 50. What does NATOstand for and what was it’s purpose? Truman
- 51. North Atlantic TreatyOrganization America, Canada, and Western Europe formed a military alliance in order to protect themselves form the USSR. Truman
- 52. Associated with the“Red Scare”
- 53. What was the“Red Scare”? How did it affect everyday Life in America? Eisenhower
- 54. Associated with thePerestroika
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- 56. Associated with theIran Hostage
- 57. What happened With the Iran Hostage? Carter
- 58. Associated with theend of Détente policy
- 59. Why did Reagan End Détente? Reagan
- 60. Why did Reagan End Détente? Reagan
- 61. Associated with theend of the USSR
- 62. Gorbachev Why didUSSR Come to an end? Bush
- 63. Associated with GulfOf Tonkin Incident
- 64. Gorbachev What happened Atthe Gulf Of Tonkin? LBJ
- 65. First Democratic Presidentof Russia
- 66. Yeltsin How wasYeltsin Perceived? Was h Doing a good job?
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- 68. Who won the Korean War? Was it a success? Truman
- 69. Who won the Korean Truman