Regents Review

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Regents Review

• Leaders Individuals

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Nelson Mandela

• Country- South Africa
• Actions- end apartheid (separation of the races)
• Impact- 27 years in jail. Released by F.W. de
  Klerk. Elected first black president of South
  Africa.

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Peter and Catherine The Great

• Country- Russia
• Actions- Peter rid Russia of the Mongols.
  Westernize and Warm Water Port
• Impact- Peter gained a port on the Baltic Sea and
  Catherine on the Black Sea.

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Gandhi

• Country- India
• Actions- Passive resistance and civil
  disobedience.
• Impact- gained independence from Britain. Wanted
  peace between Hindus and Muslims. Equality for
  untouchables.

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Hitler

• Country- Germany
• Actions- totalitarian, rise to power, Holocaust
  (genocide).
• Impact- 11 million killed during the Holocaust.
  Nuremberg Trials.

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Lenin

• Country- Russia
• Actions- leader of the Russian Revolution
• Impact- makes Russia Communist. New Economic
  Policy.
• Similar to Perestroika.

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Stalin

• Country- Russia
• Actions- totalitarian, 5 Year Plan,
  glorification, purges.
• Impact- time period of censorship and terror.

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Gorbachev

• Country- Soviet Union
• Actions- glastnost- openness and perestroika-
  restructuring the economy.
• Impact- Withdrew from Afghanistan, permitted the
  break up of Warsaw, negotiated a reduce in
  nuclear arms with U.S. And allowed Eastern
  European nations to introduce democracy.

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Martin Luther

• Country- Germany
• Actions- Protestant Reformation,95 theses, sale
  of indulgences
• Impact- Created Lutheran, decreased the power of
  the Catholic Church.

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Henry VIII

• Country- Britain
• Actions- absolute monarch, broke away from the
  Catholic.
• Impact- Established the Church of England
  (Anglican). Act of Supremacy- king assumed
  control of religion and the church.

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Elizabeth I

• Country- Britain
• Actions- defeated the Spanish Armada, allowed for
  freedom of religion.
• Impact- made Britain the most powerful country in
  Europe. Encouraged literature and the arts.

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Louis XIV

• Country- France
• Actions- divine right monarh, built palace at
  Versailles.
• Impact- literature and the arts flourished at
  Versailles (set an example for other absolute
  monarchs).

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Napoleon

• Country- France
• Actions- ended the French Revolution with a coup
  d etat.
• Impact- Waged war against Europe. Napoleonic Law
  Code- all equal in the eyes of the law. Bank of
  France. University of France.

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Bolivar

• Country- Bolivia
• Actions- leader of Latin American independence.
  Gained independence for Colombia, Ecuador,
  Bolivia and Peru.
• Impact- The Liberator or The George Washington
  of S. America. His dream of a united Gran
  Colombia not achieved.

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Sun Yat Sen

• Country- China
• Actions- United China and rid them of warlords.
  Father of Modern China. Three Principles
  Nationalism, Democracy and Livelihood.
• Impact- made China a democracy.

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Chiang Kai Shek

• Country- China
• Actions- defeated Mao first time. 2nd time Mao
  defeats Shek. Shek flees to Taiwan.
• Impact- Creation of Two Chinas. Mainland China
  communist under Mao. Taiwan democratic under
  Shek.

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Mao

• Country- China
• Actions- Long March, Red Guard, Red Book,
  Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward.
• Impact- made China a Communist Country.
  Encouraged people to have many children which led
  to overpopulation.

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Deng

• Country- China
• Actions- Introduced limited capitalism, One Child
  Policy, Tiananmens Square.
• Impact- Human rights violations.