Post War People

Question 1

Igor Gouzenko

Answer 1

Soviet defector who exposed a spy ring, sparking Cold War tensions in Canada.

Question 2

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 2

U.S. senator who strongly targeted suspected communists during the Cold War.

Question 3

Louis St. Laurent

Answer 3

Canadian prime minister who increased global influence and backed NATO.

Question 4

Maurice Duplesis

Answer 4

Quebec premier known for strict, Church-backed rule during the “Great Darkness.”

Question 5

Lester B. Pearson

Answer 5

Nobel-winning Canadian PM who introduced peacekeeping and Medicare.

Question 6

John Diefenbaker

Answer 6

Canadian PM who passed the Bill of Rights but faced Cold War controversy.

Question 7

John F. Kennedy

Answer 7

U.S. president who faced the Cuban Missile Crisis and was assassinated in 1963.

Question 8

Nikita Khrushchev

Answer 8

Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis who began de-Stalinization

Question 9

Fidel Castro

Answer 9

Cuban leader who started a communist government and worked with the USSR.

Question 10

Richard Nixon

Answer 10

U.S. president who started ties with China but quit because of Watergate.

Question 11

Pierre Trudeau

Answer 11

Charismatic Canadian PM who patriated the Constitution and created the Charter of Rights.

Question 12

Rene Levesque

Answer 12

Quebec premier who led the sovereignty movement and the 1980 referendum.

Question 13

Robert Bourassa

Answer 13

Quebec premier known for handling the October Crisis and promoting hydro development.

Question 14

Brian Mulroney

Answer 14

Canadian PM who signed NAFTA and FTA, failed to change the constitution.

Question 15

Ronald Reagan

Answer 15

U.S. president who helped end the Cold War through military and economic pressure.

Question 16

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 16

Soviet leader whose reforms led to the end of the Cold War and USSR’s collapse.

Question 17

George W. Bush

Answer 17

U.S. president who launched the War on Terror after 9/11 and signed FTA.

Question 18

Romeo Dallaire

Answer 18

Canadian general who witnessed the Rwanda Genocide and advocated for peacekeeping reform.

Question 19

Jean Chretien

Answer 19

Canadian PM who balanced budgets, avoided the Iraq war, and passed the Clarity Act.

Question 20

Saddam Hussein

Answer 20

Iraq dictator overthrown by the U.S. for alleged weapons and human rights abuses.

Question 21

Slobodan Milosevic

Answer 21

Serbian leader charged with war crimes for his role in 1990s ethnic conflicts.

Question 22

Stephen Harper

Answer 22

Conservative Canadian PM known for economic focus and shifting Canada to the political right