Key Terms
the opposite of direct, physical violence
What is nonviolence?
India
The performance of actions not usually expected or forbidden whether by law or social norms
What are acts of commission?
What are stretcher-bearers?
the belief that any violence is unjustifiable under any circumstances, and that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means
What is pacifism?
Gandhi's occupation prior to committing his life to activism
A method of nonviolent action through making grievances and claims known, persuade others to join, persuade opponent's supporters to defect and opponent to make concessions
What is nonviolent protest and persuasion?
The first act of civil resistance Gandhi organized in response to a discriminatory law
What was the identity pass burning?
translates to "truth-force" or soul-force"
force of power through conviction and search for truth
What is satyagraha?
The title that Gandhi received, meaning "great soul"
What is Mahatma?
A mechanism of change through negotiation and compromise
What is accommodation?
India earned its independence following this war
What is World War II?
translates to "non-violence"
What is ahimsa?
City to which Gandhi moved to after studying law to practice law
Where is Johannesburg, South Africa?
A source of power drawn from the number and importance of those obeying, cooperating, or assisting the regime or opponent
What are human resources?
What is salt?
translates to "self-rule" or "self-restraint"
ties to willingness to sacrifice and restraint to prove one’s ability to rule oneself
What is swaraj?
Writer and philosopher who inspired Gandhi with the ideology of nonviolent resistance by civil disobedience
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
A method of nonviolent protest including wearing symbols, displays of flags, and destruction of one's own property
What are symbolic public acts?
The Muslim nationalist movement following Indian independence resulted in this division
What is the partitioning of the Indian subcontinent?