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3 qtr wld hist peopl
all the important people from the 3rd quarter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mazzini | "heart" of Italian unification |
| Cavour | "brain" of Italian unification |
| Garibaldi | "sword" of Italian unification |
| Viktor Emmanuel | king of newly unified Italy |
| Kaiser Wilhelm I | leader of Prussia during German unification |
| Bismarck | chancellor of Prussia, the real power behind German unification |
| James Watt | improved steam engine to mine coal |
| Eli Whitney | invents cotton gin |
| Henry Bessemer | made a better process to produce steel |
| Thomas Edison | created electricity and the light bulb |
| Alexander Graham Bell | invented the telephone |
| Samuel Morse | invited the telegraph |
| Louis Pasteur | pasteurized milk (dairy can have longer shelf life) |
| Turner, Delacroix | famous romantic artists |
| Breton, Eakins, Kollowtiz | famous realist artists |
| Monet, Renoir, Degas | famous impressionist artists |
| Adam Smith | author of "Wealth of Nations" |
| Karl Marx | "The Communist Manifesto" |
| Robert Owen | "A New View of Society" (socialist texts) |
| Cecil Rhodes | owner of the De Beers diamond company, played a major role in British imperialism |
| Menelik II | king of Ethiopia, modernizes country and resists the Italians successfully |
| King Leopold II | king of Belgium who oppressively ruled the Congo, sparked the European competition for Africa |
| Matthew Perry | American commodore who led an American fleet to force the Japanese to open up |
| Gandhi | Indian revolutionary leader who gained the country's independence by practicing civil disobedience |
| Emporer Mushito | emporer of Japan during the Meigi Restoration |