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Otto Von Bismarck

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Led Prussia in the unification of Germany through war

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Gluseppe Garibaldi

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Joined Northern Italy to Southern Italy during Italy unification

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James Hargreaves

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Inventor of the spinning Jenny during the Industrial Revolution

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James Watt

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Inventor of the Steam engine

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Eli Whitney

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Inventor of the cotton gin during the industrial revolution

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Henry Bessemer

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Discovered a process of making steel from iron ore

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Edward Jenner

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Developed the smallpox vaccination

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Louis Pasteur

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Discovered Bacteria

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Adam Smith

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Wrote the wealth of Nations, Which defined the economic system of capitalism

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Karl Marx

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Wrote the Communist Manifesto, which was a response to the injustices of capitalism

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Archduke Ferdinand

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His assassination was the “Spark” that started WWI

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Woodrow Wilson

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US President during WWI, 14 points and League of Nations.

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

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Leader of Germany during WWI

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Tsar Nicholas II

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Incompetent leader of Russia during WWI, assassinated by Bolsheviks

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Vladimir Lenin

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Leader of the Communist Revolution in Russia (1917), New Economic Policy

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Joseph Stalin

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Soviet dictator during WWII, Lenin’s successor, genocide against his own people

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Adolf Hitler

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Nazi dictator of Germany during WWII, believed in the “Master Race”

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Benito Mussolini

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Fascist dictator of Italy during WWII, invaded Ethopia

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Hirohito

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Emperor of Japan during WWII, Industrialization of Japan during the 1930s

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Hideki Tojo

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Japanese general during WWII, militaristic, invaded Korea, Manchuria, and China

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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US president during WWII, died before the end of the war (April, 1945)

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Harry Truman

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US president after death of FDR, dropped atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Allied commander in Europe; helped plan D-Day Invasion during WWII

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Douglas MacAurthur

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US General during WWII in the pacific, occupied Japan after WWII

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George C. Marshall

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US general during WWII in Europe, the Marshall plan helped rebuild Europe

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Winston Churchill

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Prime Minister of England during WWII, Battle of Britain

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Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)

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Leader of the Nationalist China (Taiwan) after communist revolution

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Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong)

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Leader of the Communist (Mainland) China

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Ho Chi Minh

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Leader of Vietnam’s independence movements against France and the United States

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Mohandas Gandhi

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Leader of independence movement in India against England, passive resistance

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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Close associate of Mohandas Gandhi, supported industrialization in India

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Jomo Kenyatta

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Led to Kenya to independence from Britain in a violent struggle

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Nelson Mandela

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Worked to end Apartheid laws in South Africa, 1st black president in South Africa

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Indira Gandhi

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Close relationship with the Soviet Union, Developed nuclear program for India

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Margaret Thatcher

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British Prime Minister during the Cold War, Close relationship with the United States

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Glasnost/Perestrokia, last president of the Soviet Union, fall of the Berlin wall

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Deng Xiaoping

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reformed communist china’s economy which led to rapid economic growth

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Golda Mier

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Prime minister of Israel, led Israel to win Yom Kippur war, sought US support

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Gamal Abdul Nasser

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President of Egypt, nationalized Suez Canal, relationship with Soviet Union

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Pol Pot

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Cambodian leader who committed genocide against monks, minorities, and the educated

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Osama bin Lader

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Extremist terrorist who planned 9/11 attacks on the US

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Jesus

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Largest monotheism, believed to be son of God, life after death, Christianity

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Muhammad

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the prophet of Allah in the religion of Islam, cities of Mecca and Medina , the Qur’an

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Siddhartha Gautama

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Founder of Buddhism, Four nobles truths, 8-Fold path to enlightenment

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Asoka

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His missionaries and their writings spread Buddhism from India to China