Look at the descriptions of each leader in the table. add the name of the correct leader next to each description. you’ve already read about most of these leaders in the lessons in this unit. however, it’s okay if you need to research them further to clarify their achievements. here is the list of leaders you will use to complete this activity:

ronald reagan
dwight d. eisenhower
margaret thatcher
nikita khrushchev
harry s. truman
josef stalin
mikhail gorbachev

leader description
i challenged the soviet union to tear down the berlin wall. i also maintained a hard line against communism.

i made the decision to drop the atomic bomb, but i also became known for the marshall plan and doctrine of containment.
i began the cold war in europe by creating the communist bloc. i also stole atomic secrets for the united states and built my own bomb, thus escalating tension in the early cold war.
my administration created the idea of brinkmanship—going to the brink of nuclear war to achieve our aims.
my policies were designed to give more personal and economic freedom to people in the soviet union. i had good relations with many leaders in the western bloc.
i was good friends with the leaders of the soviet union and the united states and end the cold war by bringing them together.
i pulled missiles out of cuba during the cuban missile crisis, and i prevented the cold war from escalating into a nuclear war.