The US president who came to office in 1945. He made the decision to use nuclear weapons in Japan.
Who is Harry Truman?
100
His death resulted in the USSR no longer providing aid the North Korea during the Korean War.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
100
The American who's name was given to a plan to provide aid to all of the European countries affected by WWII.
Who is George Marshall?
100
Important Vietnamese revolutionary, who led the Viet Minh and the Viet Cong, and later Vietnam itself.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
100
Egyptian president who was important in establishing the non-alignment movement.
Who is Gamal Nasser?
200
The president who was in office when the Cold War ended.
Who is George Bush Senior?
200
The USSR leader who signed both SALT and SALT II.
Who is Leonid Brezhnev?
200
The Yugoslavian communist leader who was one of the creators of the "non-alignment" movement.
Who is Josip Tito?
200
The leader of the Republic of Korea and the first president of South Korea.
Who is Syngman Rhee?
200
The first religious leader of the Iran, who was previously a leader of the revolution which oversaw the overthrow of the Shah.
Who is Ayatollah Komeini?
300
The US president who saw the end of the Cold War.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower? (Ike)
300
American Secretary of State under the Nixon administration and Ford administration, who spearheaded detente.
Who is Henry Kissinger?
300
The artistic leader of Czechoslovakia who would become the leader of the Czech Republic with the fall of the Soviet Union.
Who is Vaclav Havel?
300
The first president of South Vietnam, assassinated in 1963.
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
300
The Israeli leader who signed the Camp David Accords.
Who is Menachem Begin?
400
CIA director during the Eisenhower administration.
Who is Allen Dulles?
400
Extremely anti-communist/anti-soviet Senator who created fear of the communist threat throughout the US as a means to gain political clout.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
400
Famous leader of South Africa, instrumental in ending aparthied the legal segregation that came as a result of racist European control.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
400
The American Army General who commanded US troops during the Tet offensive.
Who is William Westmoreland?
400
The founder and first Prime Minister of Israel.
Who is David Ben-Gurion?
500
Secretary of State under JFK and LBJ who was important in convincing Congress to retaliate after the Tonkin Incident.
Who is Robert McNamara?
500
Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs who helped build the policy of dentente, as well as helping negotiate arms limitations treaties such as SALT and SALT II.
Who is Andrei Gromyko?
500
The leader of East Germany who oversaw the creation of the Berlin Wall.
Who is Walter Ulbricht?
500
One of Mao Tse-tung's leading advisers, advocated peaceful coexistence after the Korean War, participated in the 1954 Geneva Conference, and helped plan Nixon's visit to China in 1972.
Who is Zhou Enlai?
500
The first female Prime minister of Israel. She was in office during the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War.