In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
Q: This man won election to office when his nation's congress chose him over the former president Jorge Alessandri, and shortly afterwards the head of his country's military, Rene Schneider, was kidnapped by terrorists. One of this man's most notable actions in office was the nationalization of his country's copper industry, at the time its leading export and he saw a prolonged strike by truck owners hamper his attempts to govern. Carlos Prats put down the Tanquetazo coup attempt against this man in 1973, but later that year this man was found dead from a gunshot wound during the coup that replaced him. For ten points name this Socialist president of Chile from 1970-1973 who preceded Augusto Pinochet.
A:
History