US & Soviet leaders 1941-91

Question 1

List the 9 US presidents in order.

Answer 1

1) Roosevelt
2) Truman
3) Eisenhower
4) Kennedy
5) Johnson
6) Nixon
7) Ford
8) Carter
9) Reagan

Question 2

When was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency?

Answer 2

1933-45.

Question 3

When was Harry Truman’s presidency?

Answer 3

1945-53.

Question 4

When was Eisenhower’s presidency?

Answer 4

1953-61.

Question 5

When was Kennedy’s presidency?

Answer 5

1961-63.

Question 6

When was Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency?

Answer 6

1963-69.

Question 7

When was Nixon’s presidency?

Answer 7

1969-74.

Question 8

When was Gerald Ford’s presidency?

Answer 8

1974-77.

Question 9

When was Carter’s presidency?

Answer 9

1977-81.

Question 10

When was Reagan’s presidency?

Answer 10

1981-89.

Question 11

List the 7 Soviet leaders (general secretaries) in order.

Answer 11

1) Stalin
2) Malenkov
3) Khrushchev
4) Brezhnev
5) Andropov
6) Chernenko
7) Gorbachev

Question 12

When was Stalin’s leadership?

Answer 12

1922-53.

Question 13

When was Malenkov’s leadership?

Answer 13

1953-55.

Question 14

When was Khrushchev’s leadership?

Answer 14

1955-64.

Question 15

When was Brezhnev’s leadership?

Answer 15

1964-82

Question 16

When was Andropov’s leadership?

Answer 16

1982-84.

Question 17

When was Chernenko’s leadership?

Answer 17

1984-85.

Question 18

When was Gorbachev’s leadership?

Answer 18

1985-91.

Question 19

What was Roosevelt’s attitude?

Answer 19

Wanted cooperation with USSR.

Question 20

What was Truman’s attitude?

Answer 20

Suspicious of communism- wanted to contain it. Ruined relationship between USA and USSR.

Question 21

What was Eisenhower’s attitude?

Answer 21

To develop nuclear weapons in order to maintain a checkmate situation with the USSR.

Question 22

What was Kennedy’s attitude?

Answer 22

Strengthening the USA militarily and trying to ease tensions with negotiation. His tactic was to threaten the USSR, but to not engage in war.

Question 23

What was Nixon’s attitude?

Answer 23

Wanted to cool tensions with the USSR in the ’70s.

Question 24

What was Carter’s attitude?

Answer 24

Wanted to return to containing communism.

Question 25

What was Reagan’s attitude?

Answer 25

Wanted to “win” the cold war by weakening the USSR in the ’80s.

Question 26

What was Stalin’s attitude?

Answer 26

Became increasingly suspicious of USA after WW2. Gained security for USSR by forming satellite states.

Question 27

What was Khrushchev’s attitude?

Answer 27

Wanted peace with USA but not at the expense of weakening USSR. Made drastic decisions over Berlin and Cuba.

Question 28

What was Brezhnev’s attitude?

Answer 28

Famous for his doctrine, announcing that any communist state must function identically to the USSR.

Question 29

What was Gorbachev’s attitude?

Answer 29

More relaxed than previous leaders- made decisions in the interest of peace throughout the 1980s.