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Indian Nationalism between the wars 1920's -1930's Flashcards

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2529494719Explain the negative effects of British control on India that led to why Gandhi and his followers sought to gain independence.The British East India Company controlled all trade in India..India was promised Independence after helping with WWI...Ghandi protested peacefully for Independence which was finally achieved in 19470
2529494720Describe the method of Gandhi's nationalist movement and the reasons for his success.he used non-violent and passive resistance protests such as the salt march and boycotts of buying British goods. He also used civil disobedience which means not to follow unjust laws. These methods work because look like monsters in the world media.1
2529494721Describe the causes to the partition of India.Muslims wanted their own homeland and India was divided into India and Pakistan after Independence was won from the British. It separated Hindus and Muslims.2
2529494728NationalismA strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country3
2529494729Mahatma GandhiGandhi used non-violent protests and boycotts of British goods to try to get the British government out of India and eventually he succeeded4
2529494730Civil Disobediencethe refusal to obey unjust laws5
2529494731Passive Resistancenonviolent action or opposition to authority, often in accord with religious or moral beliefs.6
2529494732Amritsar MassacreTo protest the Rowlatt Act, Indians gathered in Amritsar, where British troops fired on the crowd killing several hundred. This sparked further protests and turned the British into monsters in the eyes of the media7
2529494733Salt March(1930) Passive resistance campaign of Mohandas Gandhi where many Indians protested the British tax on salt by marching to the sea to make their own salt.8
2529494734Indian National CongressA movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class, and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi, appealing to the poor.9
2529494735Muhammad Ali JinnahMuslim Indian nationalist; leader of the Muslim League; worked for a separate Muslim state; first president of Pakistan.10
2529494736Muslim Leaguean organization formed in 1906 to protect the interests of India's Muslims, which later proposed that India be divided into separate Muslim and Hindu nations; India was partitioned into India, for the Hindus, and Pakistan, for the Muslims11
2529494737boycotta group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies12
2529494738Pakistana Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley13
2529494739caste system..., a set of rigid social categories that determined not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society14
2529494755westernizationAn adoption of the social, political, or economic institutions of Western—especially European or American—countries.15
2529494756secularisman indifference to religion and a belief that religion should be excluded from civic affairs and public education16

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