20th Century World Leaders

Question 1

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 1

28th President of the United States between 1913-1921 and during World War 1, who created the “Fourteen Points” for peace after the war.

Question 2

Winston Churchill

Answer 2

Prime Minister of the British Empire during most of World War Two, Churchill was the Prime Minister from 1940-1945 and again from 1951-1955

Question 3

Harry S. Truman

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33rd President of the United States from 1945-1953, who oversaw the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of World War Two

Question 4

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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32nd President of the United States from 1933-1945, He was the president who served 4 terms and was president during the majority of the Second World War

Question 5

Vladimir Lenin

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Lenin was a Russian Revolutionary who founded the Leninist ideology and was the first leader of the Soviet Union until his death in 1924

Question 6

Josef Stalin

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Was the Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1954, who is known for being the leader of the Soviet Union during World War 2

Question 7

Jomo Kenyatta

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Was the first leader of Kenya in the 1960s and 1970s and helped Kenya gain independence from the British

Question 8

Kemal Ataturk

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Was the leader of Turkey was the first President of Turkey in the 1920s and 1930s following the partition of the Ottoman Empire who was able to pass many successful reforms which made Turkey more industrialized, and made Turkey a secular nation

Question 9

Menachem Begin

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Prime Minister of Israel in the 1970s and 1980s, who is most known for signing a peace treaty with Egypt in 1979

Question 10

Ayatollah Khomeini

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Was the first supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the 1970s and 1980s, who was known for being an important leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran

Question 11

Ho Chi Minh

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Was a Communist leader, who led North Vietnam in most of the Vietnam War, Ho Chi Minh was the leader of Communist Vietnam between 1955 to his death in 1969

Question 12

Ho Chi Minh

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Was a Communist leader, who lead North Vietnam in most of the Vietnam War, between 1955 to his death in 1969

Question 13

Benito Mussolini

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One of the founders of Fascism, Benito Mussolini was most known for fighting alongside Adolf Hitler during the Second World War, Mussolini was Prime Minister of Italy from 1922 to 1943 until he was deposed, Mussolini would be executed in 1945 following the defeat of Italy in the Second World War

Question 14

Nikita Khrushchev

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Was the General Secretary Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, who allowed the Soviet Union to undergo a process known as “de-Stalinization”

Question 15

Mikhail Gorbachev

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Was the final leader of the Soviet Union who lead from 1985 until the Soviet Unions dissolution in 1991

Question 16

Ronald Reagan

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Was the 40th President of the United States, who served from 1981 to 1989. Reagan served at the end portion of the Cold War. The Reagan administration is most known for the economic policy, “Reaganomics” and also the Iran-Contra affair

Question 17

Mohandas K. Gandhi

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Also known as Mahatma Gandhi, he was a primary leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British colonization in India until it’s independence in 1947

Question 18

Mao Zedong

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Was the first Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from 1943 to his death in 1976. Mao Zedong is known for his victory in the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949

Question 19

Deng Xiaoping

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Was the leader of the CAC from 1982 to 1987, who is most known for being an important figure in Chinese economic growth in the late 20th century

Question 20

Gamal Abdel Nasser

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Was the 2nd President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970 who was most known for his important status in the Egyptian Revolution in 1952

Question 21

Emiliano Zapata

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Was a Mexican Revolutionary who was a main figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920

Question 22

Pancho Villa

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Was a key figure in the Mexican Revolution, Villa is most known for helping bring Francisco Madero to power in 1911

Question 23

Anwar Sadat

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Was the Third President of Egypt who settled the Peace Treaty with Israel in 1979

Question 24

Indira Gandhi

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Was the first and only Female Prime Minister of India in the 1960s, 1970s and a portion of the 1980s until her assassination in 1984. Indira Gandhi is also known for her involvement in the Non-Aligned movement

Question 25

Dalai Lama

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Tenzin Gyatso, named by the Tibetan people as the Dalai Lama is the Spiritual leader of Tibet. The Dalai Lama is the head of Tibetan Buddhism. He has held this title since 1940 and is the 14th Dalai Lama

Question 26

Jawaharlal Nehru

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Nehru was the main figure in the Indian Nationalist movement and served as First Prime Minister of India from 1950 to his death in 1964. As well as the Indian Nationalist movement, Nehru was a main figure in the non-aligned movement

Question 27

Yasser Arafat

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Was the First President of the State of Palestine from 1994 to 2004, he wanted to replace Israel with Palestine (Fun Fact: he won a Nobel Peace Prize for creating peace in the Middle East)

Question 28

Adolf Hitler

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Was the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany, who lead from 1933 until his death in 1945. Hitler is known for being the Leader of Germany during World War II, and overseeing the Holocaust, which was the killing of over 6 million Jewish people, and millions of others

Question 29

Juan Peron

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Was an authoritarian leader of Argentina in the 1940s, 1950s and 1970s, Peron gained power following the Revolution of ‘43

Question 30

Augusto Pinochet

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Was a Chilean dictator who led a Military Dictatorship from 1973 to 1981. Pinochet opposed socialists and leftists, and executed them in high numbers

Question 31

Fidel Castro

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Led the Cuban Communist Party from 1965 to 2011, Fidel Castro led Cuba for the second half of the Cold War

Question 32

Nelson Mandela

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Was the 1st President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, he was important in the Non-Aligned movement. Mandela also focused on the dismantling of the apartheid in South Africa