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| 6610722265 | indian national congress | the most influential organization that was dedicated to indian struggle against colonial british rule, had support from many hindus and muslims, the first tried to cooperate with the british about brining self rule to india, but that changed after the great war, influenced by woodrow wilson's 14 points about self-determination, eventually led by gandhi who had the group launch the cooperation movement and the civil disobedience movement | 0 | |
| 6610731180 | government of india act | the british political compromise to indian self-rule, it gave india the institutions of a self governing state, it allowed for autonomous legislative bodies, a national legislature, and an executive arm under the control of the british, went into effect in 1937 | 1 | |
| 6610738026 | may fourth movement | a movement that was created as a reaction to japan being encouraged to interfere more in china, the movement was driven by students and intellectuals in urban areas and eventually all social classes were protesting against foreign interference | 2 | |
| 6610744665 | chinese communist party | organized in shanghai in 1921, the political party was modeled after the soviet union and marxism and lenin, mao zedong was an early member, members of this party believed in divorce, choice of spouse, and campaigned against footbinding | 3 | |
| 6610900784 | three principles of the people | sun yatsen's basic ideology which called for elimination of special privileges for foreign, national reunification, economic development, and a democratic republican government with universal suffrage, in order to achieve these goals he was determined to bring the entire country under the control of the nationalists people's party | 4 | |
| 6610914840 | guomindang | sun yatsen's nationalist people's party, held the same goals outlined in his three principles of the people, attracted members of the CCP, was aided by the soviet union who helped organize it into an effective political organization | 5 | |
| 6610919399 | maoism | a chinese form of marxism/leninism created by mao zedong, it was an ideology grounded in the conviction that peasants rather than urban proletariats were the foundation for a successful revolution, mao believed that village power was critical in a country where most people were peasants | 6 | |
| 6610929796 | mukden incidnet | september 18th, 1931, japanese soldiers had used explosives to blow up a small section of the japanese made south manchuria railway, the troops accused the chinese of attacking their railroad, this event became the pretext for war between japanese and chinese men | 7 | |
| 6610941320 | congo-ocean railway | a railroad in the congo that was taken over by the french during construction, the french used forced labor which was as close to slavery as one could get without actually being slavery, governments exploited their labor on this specific railway which used 10,000 workers a year and by the time it was done 15-20,000 african laborers had died from starvation, disease, and maltreatment | 8 | |
| 6610958050 | popular american revolutionary alliance (APRA) | a political party in peru that was critical for the peruvian ruling system, followers advocated for indigenous rights, anti-imperialism, and much more, their radical ideas stemmed from victor raul haya de la torre who was a student protestor | 9 | |
| 6610975058 | dollar diplomacy | a form of international relations created by us president william howard taft who argued that the US should substitute "dollars for bullets" in its foreign policy, he wanted peaceful commerce and for the US to avoid military intervention, it received its name from critics | 10 | |
| 6610985881 | "good neighbor policy" | a new approach to US foreign politics with latin america, and was most closely associated with FDR's administration, it was a plant to extract US military forces and rely more on dollar diplomacy after the US marines trained local policy forces | 11 | |
| 6610992178 | mohandus k gandhi | one of the most remarkable and charismatic leaders of the 20th century, educated in london and gained experience in south africa, he became active in indian politics in 1915 and became leader of the Indian national congress and helped lead the country to self rule with peaceful protest and civil disobedience | 12 | |
| 6610993429 | muhammad ali jinnah | a lawyer who headed the muslim league in india during the time of indian independence and gandhi, he believed that unified india was a threat to muslim faith and he proposed the creation of a separate muslim state called pakistan | 13 | |
| 6610993430 | puyi | the xuantong emperor who was still a young child who was forced to advocate during a revolution in 1911 which brought the end of the qing dynasty | 14 | |
| 6610994498 | dr sun yat-sen | a leading opponent of the old regime who proclaimed a chinese republic in 1912 and was briefly president, he was a strong nationalist and wanted democracy brought to china, he was the author of the three principles of the people and the creator of the chinese nationalist people's party | 15 | |
| 6610994499 | mao zedong | a former teacher and librarian who thought that marxist-inspired social revolution would solve all of china's problems, he was an early member of the chinese communist party, he was very politically radical, and he believed in women's equality, divorce, opposed to arranged marriages, and campaigned against foot binding | 16 | |
| 6610995332 | chiang kai-shek | a young chinese general who had been trained in japan and the soviet union, he was the second leader of the guomindang (nationalist party), he did not want a social revolution that involved the masses of china, he launched a political and military offensive to bring all of china under his rule, he then brutally turned against his communist allies, set up a central gov in nanjing, occupied beijing, and declared his government the official government of china (the communists retreated to a remote area of se china where they tried to reorganize their forces) | 17 | |
| 6610996518 | jomo kenyatta | a man who was part of africa's new elite social class, he was highly educated and well employed and had studied abroad in western europe, after he returned home from europe he helped to lead Kenya to independence from the british, | 18 | |
| 6610997244 | marcus garvey | the jamaican nationalist leader, he preached black pride and called on blacks not living in africa to go "back to africa" | 19 | |
| 6610997245 | fidel castro | cuban military leader who overthrew the government that was in good standing and relations with the united states, he became a communist dictator and allied his government with the soviet union | 20 | |
| 6610997854 | diego rivera | a famous mexican muralist who blended his artistic and political visions in large murals that he wanted to be viewed by the masses, he believed that art should be viewed by the working people, | 21 | |
| 6610997855 | william taft | a US president whose policies were filled with neocolonialism, he argued that the US should substitute "dollars for bullets" in its foreign policy, he wanted business to develop foreign markets through peaceful commerce, | 22 | |
| 6610998958 | carmen miranda | dancing banana lady, brazilian actress who gained fame in the united states, she usually appeared as an exotic latin american woman dressed in sexy colorful costumes that featured a headdress which fruits grown in latin america, she became a source of brazilian pride, she was also used as a successful marketing device especially for the United Fruit Company who created a banana version of her called "chiquita banana" | 23 |
