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Chapters 17-20 NAMS Questions and Answers
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Chapters 17-20 NAMS17-Anastasio Somoza - answerNicaraguan dictator and officially the President of
Nicaragua (May 1967- May 1972 and December 1974- July 1979); Killed by
Sandinistas.
17-Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini - answerIranian politician, revolutionary, therist and
Islamic scholar; founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the 1979
Iranian Revolution- overthrew of the last Shaw of Iran, ending 2500 years of Persian
monarchy; Iranian Hostage crisis 1979- Negotiations for freesom under Jimmy Carter;
Let go under Reagan
17-Daniel Ortega - answerNicaraguan politician and later President; Leader of the
Sandinistas.
17-Douglas MacArthur - answerGeneral of the Korean War- led UN troops (from 15
nations, including the US & Britain); Disagreed with Truman about whether or not to
attack the Chinese to get them out of North Korean
17-Ho Chi Minh - answerCommunist proclaiming Vietnamese independence from
France in 1945 declared "All men are created equal", "He who enlightens", Supported
by Soviet Union; Opponent of Ngo Dinh Diem
17-Jiang Jieshi - answerNationalalist leader who ruled Southern China; Got foreign
support form the US; Domestic policy- Defeat of Communists; Public Support- Weak
due to inflation & failing economy; Military Organization- Ineffective, corrupt leadership
& poor morale.
17-John F. Kennedy - answerPresident of the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis
17-Leonid Brezhnev - answerSoviet Union Communist leader after Khrushchev whose
approach to governing stabilized the position of the Soviet Union and the Communist
party; often enacted policies without consulting the rest of the Politburo, but careful to
minimize dissent among the Party leadership- decisions made by consensus; Pushed
for detente between the two Cold War superpowers.
17-Lyndon B Johnson - answerUS President during Vietnam War; Tet Offensive; Didn't
seek re-election.
17-Mao Zedong - answerCommunist leader who ruled Northern China; Got foreign
support from the Soviet Union; Domestic policy: National liberation; Public Support -
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