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3 qtr wld hist peopl
all the important people from the 3rd quarter
Question | Answer |
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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 |