Inportant People Flashcards
(22 cards)
Igor Gouzenko
Russian clerk at the Soviet embassy in Ottawa
Alerted officials of a possible spy ring operating in Canada
Signaled the beginning of the Cold War in Canada
Louis St. Laurent
prime minister of Canada 1948-1957
Promoted Canadian involvement in NATO and supported the Cold War
Joseph McCarthy
U.S senator
Known for leading anti communist investigations during the red score, accusing many Americans of being communists without solid evidence
Maurice Duplessis
Premier of Quebec
Know for conservative and national polices
Resisted federal government influence and communism during the post war period
Lester Pearson
Prime minister of Canada 1963-1969
Won the noble peace prize for his role in responding to the size crisis and promoted peace keeping and health care reforms
John Diefenbaker
Prime minister of Canada 1957-1963
Known for campaigning civil rights and bringing in the Canadian bill of rights
Conservative Party
John F Kennedy
U.S president during the Cold War events like the Cuban missle crisis and building the Berlin Wall, and promoted civil rights and space exploration
Nikita Khrushchev
Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin m Ken for the de Stalin ization, the Cuban missle crisis and tense remations with the west
Fidel Castro
Leader of the Cuban revolution became Prime minister and later president of communist Cuba. Closely allied with the USSR during the Cold War
Richard Nixon
Us president
Known for ending American involvement in Vietnam, opening relations with china and the watergate scandal which led to his resignation
Pierre Trudeau
Prime minister of Canada 19-68-1979 and 1980-1984 promoted bilingualism, multiculturalism and repatriated the Canadian constitution in 1982 wanted a just society
Rene Lévesque
Premier of Quebec founder of the party Quebecois, advocated for Quebec sovereignty and held the 1980 referendum
Robert Bourassa
Premier of Quebec
Faced the October crisis and later signed major economic deals
Had complicated relationship with Quebec nationalism
Brian Mulroney
Prime minister of Canada 1984-1993
Known for economic reforms nafta and attempts at national reform
Ronald Regan
Us president 1981-1989
Intensified the Cold War with the USSR
Promoted conservative economics and played a role in ending the cold wat
Mikhail Gorbachev
Last leader of the Soviet Union
Introduced glasnost and perestroika helping end the Cold War and lead to the USSR collapse
George w bush
Us president during 9/11 attacks
Launched the war on terror including wars on Afghanistan and Iraq
Romeo Dallaire
Canadian general
Led the UN peace mission during the Rwanda genocide, later became senator and advocated for human rights and mental health
Jean Chrétien
Prime minister of Canada 1993-2003
Known for reducing canadas deficit opposing the Iraq war and promoting national unity after the 1995 Quebec referendum
Saddam Hussein
Dictator of Iraq
Led Iraq during wars with Iran and Kuwait and was overthrown by a us led invasion in 2003
Slobodan Milosevic
President of Serbia a
Associated with war crimes an ethic cleansing during the Yugoslav Slav wars during the 90s
Stephen Harper
Prime minister of Canada 2006-2015
Led conservative government forced economic management, military support and a foreign policy with the us
