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Truman was president from 1945 to 1953
he used the atomic bomb against japan -
John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the U.S.
He confronted mounting cold war tensions in China -
Dwight Eisenhower
managed cold war era tensions with the Soviet Union by a threat of nuclear weapons -
Josef Stalin dies
He ruled by terror -
Nikita Khrushchev comes to power
he pursued the policy of peaceful coexistence with the west -
Leonid Brezhnev becomes president
he came into contact with many foreign dignitaries and visitors and traveled the world as a representative of the Soviet Union -
Lyndon B. Johnson president oh the U.S.
He introduced programs like medicare that made a lasting impact on health -
Gerald Ford
He had a weak economy -
Richard Nixon president of the U.S.
he stepped down as president 1974. he had an unsuccessful presidency -
Jimmy Carter 39th president of the U.S.
he reopened U.S. relations with China -
Ho Chi Minh Vietnamese leader
at the end of world war 2 Minh forces seized the northern Vietnamese city of Hanoi -
Ronald Reagan
he cut taxes -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Union
by him becoming president it led to the fall of the Soviet Union -
George H.W. Bush
launched successful military operations against Panama and Iraq -
Yeltsin quit the communist party
His victory in the first direct was seen as a mandate for economic reform