Important Leaders in the Cold War

Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort improved relations with the West, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in eastern Europe.

• Joseph Stalin

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Mao Zedong

Which of the following was not associated with Reagans presidency?

• $2.9 Trillion national debt

• Defense includes outer space

• "Mr Gorbachev tear down this wall"

• War in Vietnam

Which Soviet leader came to power after Stalin, saw the Berlin Wall built & exposed the USA to the U-2 incident?

• Fidel Castro

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Andrei Gromyko

• Nikita Khrushchev

Which of the following policies allowed for "openness" to reduce cold war tensions?

• Vietnamization

• Treaties like the Salt II

• Reaganomics

• Glasnost

Which of the following was NOT a result at the end of the COLD WAR?

• Germany is reunited

• the US eliminated national debt

• The Soviet Union is gone

• Eastern European countries became independent nations

John F. Kennedy did all of the following EXCEPT

• sent warships to bomb North Vietnam.

• Started the Peace Corp to improve foreign relations

• increased the number of military advisers in South Vietnam.

• Removed missiles from Turkey & Greece after the Cuban Missile Crisis

Which American president escalated the Vietnam War and did not run for re-election as a result of anti-war activities in the United States?

• Kennedy

• Nixon

• Truman

• Johnson

US troop reduction in Vietnam; transfer of combat operations from American to South Vietnamese troops

• detente

• Containment Theory

• Tet Offensives

• Vietnamization

Vietnamese leader supporting the Communist party

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

• Viet Cong

• 
  Mao Zedong

This was the turning point of the war in Vietnam & the reason Johnson did not run for the Presidency in `1968

• Richard Nixon was ahead in the polls

• Glasnot & perestroka

• Tet Offensives

• detente with China