Revolutionary Leaders

Question 1

Catholic priest that led a peasant revolt in Mexico against Spanish rule.

Answer 1

Hidalgo

Question 2

The leader of the Jacobins during the Reign of Terror phase in the French Revolution.

Answer 2

Robespierre

Question 3

A former slave that led a successful revolution and independence movement against France, creating the nation of Haiti.

Answer 3

L’Ouverture

Question 4

Islamic cleric (like a Muslim priest) that led a successful revolution against Shah Pahlavi to create a theocracy in Iran

Answer 4

Khomeini

Question 5

Communist leader that led a successful revolution and civil war in China.

Answer 5

Mao

Question 6

Creole leader that led a successful revolution and independence movement in Venezuela and Colombia against Spanish rule.

Answer 6

Bolivar

Question 7

Leader of the Bolsheviks that led a revolution which created the new Communist country of the USSR.

Answer 7

Lenin

Question 8

Creole leader of Argentina who led a successful revolution and independence movement against Spanish rule.

Answer 8

San Martin