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1. This Hungarian pianist and composer was one of Europe's first great celebrities. Women swooned at his performances and fought over the white gloves he tossed into the audience at the end of his performances.
2. This Prussian diplomat was a instrumental force in the movement for unification of Germany. He served as chancellor of Germany from 1871 to 1890 and oversaw the rise of Germany as a powerful nationalistic state.
3. This man was a British author and statesman who twice served as the British Prime Minister during the reign of Queen Victoria. He was instrumental in the expansion of the British Empire.
4. This man was also a British statesman who served four times as Prime Minister during Queen Victoria's reign. He became a Liberal and was responsible for many reforms in British government.
5. This 19th century American woman was an author, social reformer and abolitionist. She was instrumental in shaping public opinion about slavery as a moral issue paving the way to the Civil War.
6. This American Civil War general commanded the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the Ohio and, in another sense, is remembered for the close shaves he didn't have.
7. French composer known primarily for his operas. One, 'Carmen' may be the most performed in history.
8. Another French Composer, also known for his operas, but is well known for his lavishly orchestrated, romantic and powerful 'Symphonie Fantastique'
9. This 19th century European aristocrat was proclaimed Emperor of Mexico in 1864. Who was it?
10. This man was a soldier, explorer, and politician. He blazed trails to the The Oregon Territories and California, served as one of the first two Senators from California, ran for president before the Civil War; and served as a general in command of the Western US during the Civil War.
11. British explorer and missionary in Africa, discovered and named Victoria Falls, opposed the Portuguese slave trade in East Africa, died in Africa, but is buried in Westminster Abbey.
12. A Dutch painter, now known for his revolutionary approach to painting, spent most of his adult life near poverty depending on his brother for support, sold only one painting during his life, and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
13. An American writer brought up as a Unitarian later became a prime exponent of Transcendentalism. He wrote prolifically about an intuitive personal relation between Man and God, and about intellectual and moral attitudes.
14. This Southern sympathizing actor, a member of a famous family of actors of the time, committed a murder that shook the world.
15. This French author is perhaps best known for his work 'La Dame aux Camelias' known in English as 'Camille' which served as the plot for Verdi's opera 'La Traviata'.
16. This German political philosopher, activist and seminal writer was arguably the prime thinker behind a social and political movement which has influenced the world for much of the 20th century.
17. This African-American was a former slave who became a militant force for abolitionism before the Civil War; and a promoter of African-American regiments during the Civil War; and a voice for racial equality after the Civil War.
18. He was a U.S. writer and physician. He taught anatomy and worked to prevent contagious diseases. As a writer, he is known for his 'Autocrat of the Breakfast Table' and poems such as 'The Chambered Nautilus'.
19. U.S. writer author of one of the best known American novels of the 19th century (or any other, for that matter). It is a 'whale' of a book.
20. An American icon for 'Outlaw', this man was a 'raider' during the American Civil War, then robbed banks and trains, and was finally shot by one of his own compatriots.
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