Abeka world history 24-25 People
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 William James | popularized pragmatism |
| Soren Kierkegaard | Danish philosopher who was the founder of existentialism (1813-1855) |
| Friedrich Nietzsche | "God is dead" |
| John Dewy | Promoted progressive education. He wanted schools to promote the following of animal instincts and self expression. |
| G. Campbell Morgan | British minister and Bible scholar; known as the "Prince of Expositors" |
| Oswald Chambers | Scottish Christian who wrote the devotional classic "My Utmost For His Highest" |
| Billy Sunday | baseball star who became a famous evangelist |
| Pablo Picasso | Spainish cubist artist |
| Howard Pyle | the Father of American Illustration |
| Norman Rockwell | the most beloved illustrator of all time. |
| J.R.R. Tolkien | The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy |
| C.S. Lewis | British apologist for the Christian faith; he wrote "The Chronicles of Narnia", "The Screwtape Letters", and "Perelandra" |
| Benito Mussolini | Fascist dictator of Italy |
| Adolf Hitler | started the Holocaust, leader of the Nazi Party, dictator of Germany |
| Hideki Tojo | Prime minister of Japan during World War II |
| Emperor Hirohito | Japanese Emperor during WWII, had no real power |
| Chaing Kai-shek | leader of nationalist, anti communist, forces in China |
| Mao Tse-tung | Chinese communist leader |
| Claire Chennault | American general with the "Flying Tigers" that attacked Japan by air |
| Francisco Franco | Fascist leader of the Spanish revolution, helped by Hitler and Mussolini to keep Spain from the communists |
| Neville Chamberlain | British prime minister who advocated peace and a policy of appeasement |
| Edouard Daladier | French Prime Minister who went to the Munich Conference. |
| Henri Petain | puppet leader of france after Hitler's takeover in WWII, led the Vichy Regime. |
| Winston Churchill | Soldier, politician and prime minister. Lead Great Britain to victory in World War II. |
| Joseph Stalin | Communist dictator of the Soviet Union |
| Erwin Rommel | the leader of the Afrika Corps, , Known as the Desert Fox |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | American leader of troops in Africa in Operation torch, and commander in D-Day invasion. |
| George S. Patton | American General who helped lead Operation Torch and the Allies to victory in the Battle of the Bulge. |
| Douglas MacAurthur | man who led the american and filipeano troops during the japanese attack in the philippines |
| Harry S. Truman | Became president when FDR died; gave the order to drop the atomic bomb |
| Albert Einstein | German-born Jewish physicist |
| Enrico Fermi | Fled Italy. One of the leading scientists who developed atomic weapons. |
| Edward Teller | Worked on the atomic bomb; Jewish emigre from Hungary |
| J. Robert Oppenheimer | Jewish American physicist and director of the Manhattan Project. |
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