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13 Cards in this Set
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France gained a measure of stability when who became president |
Charles de Gaulle |
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an organization that represents fifty nations and it ensures world peace |
United Nation UN |
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Communist leader that resisted French efforts and declared Vietnam independent |
Ho Chi Minh |
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Soviet scientist launched what first man made satellite |
Sputnik |
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Americans tried to catch up with the Soviet Union but what other leap did the Soviets have on the US |
they launched the first man in space |
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who led a movement to achieve Indian independence? What was it called? |
Mohandas Gandhi. passive resistance |
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during the cold war, the regions that remained neutral and did not ally themselves with the free world or the communist became know as ? |
third world |
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what regions were included in the third world |
Latin America, South America, Africa, Middle East, and Southern Asia |
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who led the Conservative Party in Great Britain |
Margaret Thatcher |
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what did Thatcher support |
supported the anticommunist strategy of a newly elected American President and forged a strong alliance with the US |
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who became the fortieth president of the US and turned the struggling US into a political, social, and economic force that influenced the world |
Ronald Reagen |
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Following Stalins death, who ruled the Soviet Union |
Nikita Khrushchev |
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who emerged as the leader of the Soviet Union |
Mikhail Gorbachev |
