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History Exam 2- People

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this assassin shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand, beginning WWIGavrilo Princeps
this general commanded the American Expeditionary Force in WWIJohn J. Pershing
this furure US president headed the Food Admin. during WWIHerbert Hoover
the leader of the "Free French" govn't. in exile in GBCharles De Gaulle
this German general known as the Desert Fox faced Patton and Montgomery in N. AfricaErwin Rommel
this US general commanded Operation Torch and Operation OverlordD.D. Eisenhower
this dictator "made the trains run on time"Benito Mussolini
this WWI German ace shot down 80 planesManfred von Richthofen
the Republican candidate in the election of 1960Richard Nixon
the first man in spaceYuri Gagarin
the first American to orbit the earthJohn Glenn
the first man on the moonNeil Armstrong
he killed JFKLee Harvey Oswald
became president on Nov. 22, 1963LBJ
he argued the case of Brown vs. Board of Education of TopekaThurgood Marshall
this Arkansas governer refused to integrate Central High School of Little RockOrval Faubus
she refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, AL in 1955Rosa Parks
he was the first African-American student at the University of MississippiJames Merideth
this Alabama governor "stood in the schoolhouse door" to prevent integration of the University of Alabama at TuscaloosaGeorge Wallace
this president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965LBJ
he killed the assassin who shot JFKJack Ruby
he represented GB at the Yalta ConferenceWinston Churchill
he represented the Soviet Union at the Yalta conferenceJoseph Stalin
he became president of the USA on April 12, 1945Harry S Truman
he gave the "Iron Curtain" speechWinston Churchill
he was the leader of the Chinese NationalistsChiang Kai-Check
he was the leader of the Chinese CommiesMao Zedong
he was commander of UN forces during the Korean ConflictDouglas MacArthur
he was Ike's Secretary of State, and invented the Doctorine of "Massive Retaliation"John Foster Dulles
he became the dictator of Cuba in a 1959 civil warFidel Castro
this Egyptian President Nationalized the Suez CanalGamal Abdel Nasser
he was the pilot of a U-2 spy plane shot down over the USSR in 1960Francis Gary Powers
this congressman made his reputation as an anti commie by prosecuting Alger HissRichard M. Nixon
he and his wife were executed for passing the secret of the atomic bom on to the USSRJulius Rosenberg
this Wisconsin senator made himself famous by hunting commies during the "red scare"Joe McCarthy
he ran for president in 1948 as a "Dixiecrat"Strom Thurmond

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