SOL 2 Flashcards
Otto Von Bismarck
Led Prussia in the unification of Germany through war
Gluseppe Garibaldi
Joined Northern Italy to Southern Italy during Italy unification
James Hargreaves
Inventor of the spinning Jenny during the Industrial Revolution
James Watt
Inventor of the Steam engine
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the cotton gin during the industrial revolution
Henry Bessemer
Discovered a process of making steel from iron ore
Edward Jenner
Developed the smallpox vaccination
Louis Pasteur
Discovered Bacteria
Adam Smith
Wrote the wealth of Nations, Which defined the economic system of capitalism
Karl Marx
Wrote the Communist Manifesto, which was a response to the injustices of capitalism
Archduke Ferdinand
His assassination was the “Spark” that started WWI
Woodrow Wilson
US President during WWI, 14 points and League of Nations.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Leader of Germany during WWI
Tsar Nicholas II
Incompetent leader of Russia during WWI, assassinated by Bolsheviks
Vladimir Lenin
Leader of the Communist Revolution in Russia (1917), New Economic Policy
Joseph Stalin
Soviet dictator during WWII, Lenin’s successor, genocide against his own people
Adolf Hitler
Nazi dictator of Germany during WWII, believed in the “Master Race”
Benito Mussolini
Fascist dictator of Italy during WWII, invaded Ethopia