people

Question 1

Igor Gouzenko

Answer 1

Russian clerk at the Soviet embassy in Ottawa

Alerted officials of a possible spy, ring operation in Canada and signals the beginning of the Cold War in Canada

Question 2

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 2

US senator from Wisconsin

known for his role in the red scare of 1950s

Publicly accused individuals of being communist that led to an investigation that damaged careers of reputation

Question 3

Louis St. Laurent

Answer 3

built trans Canada Highway

prominent Canadian lawyer/politician/diplomat

12 Prime Minister of Canada from 1948 to 1957

Contribute to the foreign policy, social programs and national unity

Important in creating NATO

Question 4

Maurice Duplessis

Answer 4

16th Prime Minister of Quebec known as “le chef”

Longest serving premier in Quebec history

Conservative nationalist, popularist anti-unionist and catholic

significant impact on Quebec, political, social landscape

Question 5

lester Pearson

Answer 5

Canadian diplomat, scholar, politician who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Canada

Award with the noble peace prize in 1957 for his role in the Suez crisis

Help prevent a major international conflict by persuading French and British forces to withdraw Egypt

Question 6

John Diefenbaker

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13th Prime Minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963

First progressive conservative party needed to meet the party in Victoria in a general election between 1930 and 1979

His party achieved the largest seats, majority in Canada history

Question 7

John F. Kennedy

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35th President of the United States serving from 1961 to 1963

Youngest man, elected to the presidency

Navigated the tense Cold War, facing challenges, like Berlin blockade in the Cuban missile crisis

Question 8

Nikita Kruschev

Answer 8

leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1963

Serving as the first secretary of the communist party

The announced Joseph Downs represent policies and abuse power

Made decisions to place nuclear missiles in Cuba

Question 9

Fidel Castro

Answer 9

prominent Cuban revolutionary and politician

Let the Cuban revolution

Oversee the batisa regime

Made decision decisions to place nuclear missiles in Cuba

Question 10

Richard Nixon

Answer 10

37 President of the United States from 1969 to 1974

Persuaded the policy of detent with the Soviet union in China

Established the environmental protection agency

Question 11

pierre Trudeau

Answer 11

15 Prime Minister of Canada

Third longest serving Prime Minister in Canadian history

Led the liberal party to victory in for general election

Known as the young Canadian

Question 12

Renée Levesque

Answer 12

Significant figure in Quebec politics

Founder of the PQ

Led the Phu to victory in 1976 election

Served as premier and push for 1980 referendum on Quebec sobriety

Question 13

Robert bourassa

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Canadian lawyer and politician

Served as a 22nd premier of Quebec from 1970 to 1976

Liberal party member of Quebec

Question 14

Brian Mulroney

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18 Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993

led the progressive conservative party to back to majority governments

introduce significant economic reforms like the candidate – US free trade agreement and the GST

Question 15

Ronald Reagan

Answer 15

40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989

pursued a supply-side of economic approach, characterized by tax cuts, and deregulation

Took a firm stance against the Soviet Union view it as an evil empire

Question 16

Mikhail Gorbachev

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last General Secretary of the communist party of the Soviet Union

first president of the Soviet Union in 1985 to 1991

his policies, including arms control treaties within the US are crucial and ending Cold War

Question 17

George W Bush

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m 43rd President of the United States

businessman known for his senior year from 2001 to 2000

the 46 governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000s

the son of the former president George HW Bush 

Question 18

Romeo Dellair

Answer 18

Retired Canadian lieutenant general

Former senator

Humanitarian

Leadership NUNAMIR during 1994 genocide

Witnessed the genocide first hand

Question 19

Jean Chretien

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retired Canadian politician, states men and lawyer

served as a 20th Prime Minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003 

Question 20

Saddam Hussein

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President of the Iraq from 1979 to 2003

Rose through the ranks of ba’ath party

Become president in 1979

Leadership during the iraq-iran war

Question 21

Slobaddam milosevic

Answer 21

politician and administrator

Serbia is party leader and president from 1989-1997

Question 22

Stephen Harper

Answer 22

Canadian politician who served as a 22nd Prime Minister from 2006 to 2015

he’s the only Prime Minister to have come from modern day conservative part of the candidate conservative serving parties for leader from 2004 to 2015