This Russian Tsarina was considered an Enlightened Despot (Monarch) because she utilized Enlightenment ideas during her rule.
Catherine the Great
This Vietnamese Nationalist fought western forces to unify all of Vietnam under his communist regime.
Ho Chi Minh
This British Imperialist was among the first Europeans to explore the interior of Africa; finding a wealth of resources.
Cecil Rhodes
Known as the father of Facism, this Italian Nationalist seized control of Italy in 1922.
Benito Mussolini
This revolutionary leader of Cuba removed American influence from the country and developed a communist regime.
Fidel Castro
After seeing the horrors of the Industrial Revolution, this economist wrote "The Communist Manifesto" as an alternatives means to structuring society and economics.
Karl Marx
This French Revolutionary figure would lead the Committee of Public Safety and launch a Reign of Terror.
Maximilien Robespierre
This US President launched the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion and oversaw the decision-making in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
JFK
This absolute monarch of France would be overthrown and beheaded during the early stages of the French Revolution.
King Louis XVI
This totalitarian leader succeeded Vladimir Lenin; and if you don't pay attention, he will not hesitate to throw you in the Gulag.
Joseph Stalin
This former slave led a revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), igniting the Haitian Revolution.
Toussaint Louverture
This French military commander would emerge as the dictator of France in the final stage of the French Revolution.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Which Enlightment thinker argued that governments should have a separation of powers and a system of Check and Balances?
Baron de Montesquieu
This Muslim League leader would go on the become the first Prime Minister of Pakistan after Indian Independence.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
This Indian National Congress leader would go on the become the first Prime Minister of Indian after Indian Independence.
Jawaharlal Nehru
This Russian Revolutionary led the Bolsheviks in their communist revolution and converted Russia into the Soviet Union.
Vladimir Lenin
This totalitarian leader was the ruler of Japan during WWII.
Emperor Hirohito
Three Nationalist leaders of Italy worked unify the divided Italian City-States into a single nation. Name 1 of the 3 leaders.
Giuseppe Mazzini, Camillo Benso di Cavour, and Giuseppe Garibaldi
This British Prime Minister was the leader of Great Britain during WWII.
Winston Churchill
This economist wrote the Wealth of Nations and is considered to be the Father of Capitalism.
Adam Smith
Which Enlightenment Thinker believed it was the responsibility of the Government to protect a person's right to life, liberty, and property?
John Locke
Which Enlightenment thinker may have disagreed with what you have to say, but defended your right to say it?
Voltaire
This nationalist leader, the Chancellor of Prussia, would lead the efforts to unify Germany in 1871.
Otto Von Bismarck
This Soviet Leader attempted to fix the Soviet Union through his policies of Glastnost and Perestroika.
Mikhail Gorbachev
This British Prime Minister used appeasement at the Munich Conference to try and prevent war with Hitler.
Neville Chamberlain
This dictator came to legimate power by rising through the ranks of the Weimar Republic and becoming the Fuhrer.
Adolf Hitler
At the conclusion of WWI, this U.S. President provided a 14 Point Plan for Peace that was largely ignored by the Allied Powers.
Woodrow Wilson
This promoter of non-violent civil disobedience was the leader of the Indian Independence Movement.
Gandhi
This Enlightenment thinker fought for the rights of women and is known for her famous writing "The Vindication of the Rights of Women."
Mary Wollstonecraft
Inspired by the events of the French Revolution, this Creole would lead the fight for Independence in South America against the Spanish.
Simon Bolivar
During the Russian Revolution, this Czar would be removed from power and eventually killed by the Bolsheviks.
Czar Nicholas II
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