Question

2. Read the statements to identify the person. Each statement describes a person’s role in the Cold War. (2 points each))

a)___________________________________ This president escalated the Vietnam War by increasing ___________________________________ American troop levels after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
b) ___________________________________ Leader of communist North Vietnam
c) ___________________________________ Leader of anti-communist South Vietnam
d) ___________________________________ This president began the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam and began a policy of détente with the Soviet Union
e) ___________________________________ Leader of Czechoslovakia who tried initiate reforms to loosen communist restrictions in his country
f) ___________________________________ Led the Solidarity movement in Poland; became President when Poland turned democratic
g) ___________________________________This Soviet leader (and its last) tried to create reforms to save communism in the Soviet Union
h) ___________________________________U.S. President who urged for the Berlin Wall to be torn down; took a more aggressive approach toward the Soviet Union; was President when the Soviet Union ended

Alexander Dubcek Ronald Reagan Ho Chi Minh Lyndon B. Johnson
Lech Walesa Mikhail Gorbachev Ngo Dinh Diem Richard Nixon

Answer 1

a) Lyndon B. Johnson
b) Ho Chi Minh
c) Ngô Đình Diệm
d) Richard Nixon
e) Alexander Dubček
f) Lech Walesa
g) Mikhail Gorbachev
h) Ronald Reagan