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APUSH WWI People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, ruling both the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, friends with Franz Ferdinand |
| Czar Nicholas II | the last Russian Emperor |
| King George V | King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India |
| Woodrow Wilson | 28th president, tried to promote peace in European countries before and after the war, tried to keep the U.S. out of the war, and |
| John J. Pershing | the only person to be promoted in their own lifetime to the highest rank ever held in the United States Army—General of the Armies |
| Georges Clemenceau | the prime minister of France during WWI, one of the major voices behind the Treaty of Versailles. He is commonly nicknamed "le Tigre" (the Tiger) and "le Père-la-Victoire" (Father Victory) for his determination as a wartime leader. |
| David Lloyd Georges | the prime minister of the UK |
| Vittorio Orlando | He was the Prime Minister of Italy after World War 1 He, along with Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau and Lloyd George, decided Germany's fate after WW1. |
| Franz Ferdinand | the heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire his assassination sparked the First World War. It provided Austria-Hungary with an excuse to take action against Serbia. |
| Manfred von Richthofen | a German fighter pilot known as the "Red Baron". He was the most successful flying ace during World War I, being officially credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories. He served in the Imperial German Army Air Service |
| Franz Josef | Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia and Apostolic King of Hungary |
| Herbert Hoover | organized the war effort and efficiently gave troops supplies and good transportation home. After the war, he created a commission for relief of the war torn nations |
| Dr.Gorgas | a United States physician and 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army |
| Eliot Ness | an American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois, as the leader of a legendary team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables. |
| Al Capone | an American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging of liquor and other illegal activities during the Prohibition Era |
| Langston Hughes | an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best-known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. |
| Marcus Garvey | He urged African-Americans to be proud of their race and return to Africa, their ancestral homeland and attracted thousands of supporters. |
| W.E.B. DuBois | his efforts were geared toward gaining equal treatment for black people in a world dominated by whites and toward marshaling and presenting evidence to refute the myths of racial inferiority. |
| John Scopes | a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, was charged with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. He was tried in a case known as the Scopes Monkey Trial. |
| Booker T. Washington | the foremost black educator of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He also had a major influence on southern race relations and was the dominant figure in black public affairs |
| Louis Armstrong | the greatest of all Jazz musicians, defined what it was to play Jazz. |
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