AP World History Final Exam Review (Part 7): People Flashcards

177407669	Josef Stalin	Dictator of the Soviet Union, turned the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state	0
177407670	Benito Mussolini	Fascist dictator of Italy. He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia, joined Germany in the Axis pact, and allied Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown when the Allies invaded Italy.	1
177407671	Adolf Hitler	This dictator was the leader of the Nazi Party. He believed that strong leadership was required to save Germanic society, which was at risk due to Jewish, socialist, democratic, and liberal forces.	2
177407672	Hirohito	Emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II.	3
177407673	Sun Yat-sen	Chinese physician and political leader who aimed to transform China with patriotic, democratic, and economically progressive reforms.	4
177407674	Mustafa Kemal Ataturk	Turkish nationalist leader who became the first president of modern Turkey and set about to modernize and Westernize Turkey, including making it more secular	5
177407675	Mohandas K. Ghandi	Led indian nationlists, led many protests without being violent, made own clothing, salt march	6
177407676	Winston Churchill	A noted British statesman who led Britain throughout most of World War II and along with Roosevelt planned many allied campaigns. He predicted an iron curtain that would separate Communist Europe from the rest of the West.	7
177407677	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Introduced the New Deal, and led the U.S. through most of WWII and the Depression.	8
177407678	Harry Truman	President of the U.S. after Roosevelt's death; approved the use of the atomic bomb against Japan	9