Decolonization Leaders
The leader of the Independence Movement in India
Who is Mohandas Gandhi?
The legal segregation system in South Africa
This event is one of Gandhi's most famous civil disobedience movements
What is the Salt March?
This was the type of warfare used during the Algerian War of Independence
What is guerrilla warfare?
This was the economic method used to challenge colonial governments
What is boycotting?
The 1st President of South Africa after it is free
Who is Nelson Mandela?
The movement to unify all Africans
What is Pan-Africanism?
This was the year the Indian Independence Act was passed
1947
This was a major cause of the 1857 revolt in India
What is discontent with British policies, specifically economic exploitation?
The two methods for which Gandhi is most known are during the Indian Independence Movement.
What is civil disobedience and passive resistance?
Two leaders who helped with the partition of India
Who are Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Jawaharlal Nehru?
In 1962, this country was free from French colonial rule
This occurred in East Pakistan in 1971
What is Bangladesh?
This war led to the freedom of Algeria
What was the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962)?
This strategy involved refusing to pay taxes under British rule in India
What is tax resistance?
Who is Patrice Lumumba?
This group consisted of Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, and the Algerian Provisional Government and they fought for a socialist Africa
What is the Casablanca Group?
The Indian state that has a majority Sikh population and is involved in an independence movement
What is Punjab?
The Kikuyu people led this rebellion due to British exploitation in Kenya during the 1950s
What is the Mau Mau movement?
This event was an example of a student uprising, specifically against the imposition of the Afrikaans language
What is the Soweto Uprising (1976)?
Who are Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant?
This event was the end of apartheid in South Africa
What was the first democratic election in 1994, and the election of Nelson Mandela as the 1st President of Africa?
This movement, planned by Gandhi, called for the immediate removal of British colonization
What was the Quit India Movement?
This was the outbreak against the British because of resentment against regulations that ordered changes in shaving style and the prohibition of caste marks for the Indian troops
What is the Vellore Mutiny (1806)?
This method was used by Jomo Kenyatta to gain Kenyan independence
What is political negotiation?