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Winston Churchill | British Politician and prime minister. Always be worried about Nazi Threat. Accused diplomats of Munich Conference of choosing dishonor |
Bon Ki-Moon | From south Korea . Head of the United Nation |
Woodrow Wilson | US president. Asked Congress to Declare war on Germany in 1917 • Urged for peace without victory at Paris Peace Conference |
Hideki Tojo | Japan extreme militarist. Hoped to expand Japans empire |
FDR (Franklin Roosevelt | US President, served 3 terms, good neighbor policy, one of the big 3 |
Vladimir Lenin | Adopted Marxists ideas. Called for an elite group to lead revolution and set up a dictatorship proletariat • Was exiled, then returned to Russia and became the ruler |
David Ricardo | . Opposed government help for poor • Wrote Iron Law of Wages • Said wage increases were futile because when wages were high families often had more children instead of raising the family’s current of standard living |
Alfred Nobel | Inventor of Dynamite. Feared his own invention and its war uses so created the Nobel Prize |
Thomas Malthus | Economist. Said poor should stop having kids since there was not enough food to feed them. Wrote Essay on the Principle of population. Poverty was increasing faster than food |
Czar Nicolas | Russian Tsar. On behalf of Servia wrote William II and asked him to lower his demands |
Robespierre | In charge of the committee of public safety. Started the reign of terror. Eliminated non-supporters. Eventually was executed by guillotine |
Joseph Stalin | Leader after Lenin, Wanted to build socialism at home 1st. Used ruthless measures to win dictatorial power |
Gregroy Rasputin | Supposed holy man to Czarina Alexandra. "healed" her son. Russian people think he is controlling the decisions. Killed |
John wesley | Started Methodism. Helped people to learn to read and write |
Jeremy Bentham | Advocate of utilitariansim. All actions should be judged by utility. |
Alexander Kerensky | Leader of provisional Russian government. Ignored people. Talked about democracy |
Gavrilo Princip | Assassinated Archduke Ferdinand. Member of the black hand |
Francis Ferdinand | Austrian-Hungary prince. Assassinated by Black hand |
Keiser Wilhel | Sent the Willy-Nicky telegrams with Czar Nicholas |
Napoleon | French almost dictator. Promoted investment in industry and large scale building ventures. Set up 2nd empire. Appeal cut across lines of class and ideology |
Diktat | Forced to do something without any say |