AP Euro - Unit 10: Imperialism and the Great War (People)

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Queen Victoria
British Queen, under whose rule the British empire reached the height of its wealth and power, forced to accept a new, virtually powerless role after the Chartist movement
Cecil Rhodes
British entrepreneur and politician involved in the expansion of the British Empire from South Africa into Central Africa.
King Leopold II
Belgian king who was active in encouraging the exploration of Central Africa and became the infamous ruler of the Congo Free State where he was responsible for widespread atrocities under his rule against his colonial subjects.
Otto von Bismarck
conservative nationalist chancellor of Prussia/Germany and a diplomatic genius who intentionally provoked three wars to provide the people with a sense of nationalism against Denmark (1864), Austria (1866), and France (1870) and was responsible for the creation of the German Empire (1871).
Kaiser Wilhelm II
was the Kaiser of Germany at the time of the First World War; he pushed for a more aggressive foreign policy by means of colonies and a strong navy to compete with Britain; his actions added to the growing tensions in pre-1914 Europe.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, sparking the outbreak of the Great War.
Rasputin
self-proclaimed holy man who claimed to heal the sick and have prophecy. He had influence over Tsarina Alexandra and she often went to him for advise on political issues.
Vladimir Lenin
leader of the Bolshevik (later Communist) Party. He lived in exile in Switzerland until 1917, then returned to Russia to lead the Bolsheviks to victory during the Russian Revolution and the civil war that followed becoming the first leader of the Soviet Union.
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary intellectual and close adviser to Lenin and a leader of the Bolshevik Revolution; commissar of war in the new Soviet government, he helped defeat forces opposed to Bolshevik control; as the Soviet government developed, he engaged in a power struggle against Joseph Stalin.
Mustafa Kamal
extremely capable military officer during Great War; following defeat of Ottoman Empire, led the Turkish National Movement in the Turkish War of Independence; founder of the Republic of Turkey who began to modernize the country but with less of an influence of religion.
Alexander Kerenskyheaded the Provisional Government in 1917 who thought continuing to fight in the Great War was a national duty; refused to redistribute confiscated landholdings to the peasants.Tsar Nicholas IIlast Tsar of Russia ending the Romanov line; believed in an autocracy, eventually forced to create an elected legislature (Duma); his handling of Bloody Sunday and the Great War incensed his subjects and led to his abdication; Bolsheviks executed him and his family during the Russia Civil War.Woodrow Wilsonpresident of the United States during the Great War and the leading figure at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He was unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations.