USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Read the description of the important Cold War Leader. Which leader is being described?* He became leader of the Soviet Union when Stalin died.* He wanted to establish bases for nuclear missiles in Cuba. * He withdrew missiles from Cuba after he reached an agreement with John F. Kennedy
A
Mikhail Gorbachev
B
Vladmir Lenin
C
Leonard Brezchev
D
Nikita Khrushchev
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union whose attempts to shake up his country’s political and economic system led to the collapse of the Communist superpower and the end of the Cold War, has died. He was 91.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cold War Leaders Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev and U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy are forever linked by the Cuban Missile Crisis, Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek by the Chinese Civil War, and U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev by the roles they played in bringing the Cold War to an end.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union in the early years of the Cold War and played a significant role in Cold War events such as the Berlin Blockade and the Korean War. This was significant because it saw Joseph Stalin face off against the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -After Stalin died in March 1953, he was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and Georgy Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union.

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