Key People Flashcards
Stalin
Leader of the USSR
When was Stalin in Power?
1929-1953
Khrushchev
Leader of the USSR
When was Khrushchev in power?
1958-1964
Castro
Leader of Cuba
When was Castro in power?
1926-2016
Saddam Hussien
Leader of Iraq
When was Saddam Hussien in power?
1979-2003
What is Stalin associated with
the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII
industrialized Russia
Gulags
What is Khrushchev associated with
Instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis by placing nuclear weapons 90 miles from Florida
Approved the construction of the Berlin wall
Did not get along with Mao Zedong, the leader of China
What is Castro associated with
A Cuban communist revolutionary
Transformed his country into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere.
Castro’s force of 800 guerrillas had defeated the Cuban government’s 30,000-man professional army.
What is Saddam Hussien associated with?
Invasion of Kuwait
Seen as the only Arab regional leader to stand up to America
Post 9/11 it was suspected his government was possibly providing terrorist groups with chemical or biological weapons
Executed (Hanged)
Kissinger
Secretary of State to Nixon and Ford
When was Kissinger in power
.1973-1977
What is Kissinger associated with
Dente and linkage