AP US History People to Know Chapter 33 Flashcards
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| 12506218389 | Francisco Franco (1892-1975) | Spanish general who became head of state after his fascistic troops prevailed over the republican Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War. He remained head of the Spanish state until his death in 1975. | 0 | |
| 12506218390 | Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) | Nazi dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, He was the mastermind behind the Holocaust. His rapacious quest for power provoked World War II. | 1 | |
| 12506218391 | Cordell Hull (1871-1955) | Secretary of State under President Roosevelt and chief architect of the low-tariff reciprocal trade policy of the New Dealers. Foreign trade increased appreciably under all the trade pacts that he negotiated. One of the chief architects behind the United Nations, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 for "co-initiating the United Nations." | 2 | |
| 12506218392 | Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) | Fascist leader of Italy from 1922 to 1943. He launched Italy into World War II on the side of Axis Powers and became a close ally of Adolf Hitler. | 3 | |
| 12506218393 | Wendell L. Wilkie (1892-1944) | Known as the "rich man's Roosevelt," He was a novice politician and Republican businessman who lost to Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential campaign. Although he won more votes than any previous GOP candidate, Roosevelt still beat him by a landslide. | 4 |