7.5 Unresolved Tensions After World War I Flashcards
Decolonization
Return of self-rule to the peoples of former colonies
Who were the “Big Three”?
David Lloyd George - Britain
Woodrow Wilson - U.S.
Georges Clemenceau - France
What was the Mandate System established by the Allies after World War I?
Put into effect by the League of Nations, the Mandate System was created to rule the former territories and colonies of the Central Powers
What not-so-low-key racist thing did Article 22 of the League of Nations state that colonized people in Africa and Asia needed from more advanced nations to survive?
Tutelage
When the Ottoman Empire fell, what happened to the Middle East countries that were formerly under its control?
They became virtual colonies of Great Britain and France
What was Pan-Arabism?
An idea that all lands in the Middle East should be unified and under the control of Arabs
What was the Belfour Declaration?
A British government declaration that Palestine should become a permanent home for the Jews of Europe.
Who are Zionists?
People who support an independent Jewish state or homeland.
Why was the Indian National Conference originally formed?
It was created to air greivances against the British colonial government.
What happened when Indian Nationalists tried to peacefully protest during a Sikh festival in Amritsar in 1919?
Armed British forces shot into an unarmed crowd, killing 379 and wounding 1200 more.
What did Mohandas Gandhi’s satyagraha movement encourage Indians to do?
Break civil laws and serve jail to expose the injustice of British rule.
Indians referrred to Gandhi as what?
Mahatma - the great soul
Why did Gahndi lead thousands of Indians in 1930 in something known as “The Salt March”
It was illegal for Indians to produce their own sea salt. Gahndi and his fellow Indians marched to the Arabian Sea and picked up a few grains of sea salt to protest the unfair law.
While anti-colonial feelings built across India, opinions on what to do if they were independent differed. What did Muhammad Ali Jinnah propose for an independent India?
JInnah wanted a two-state plan.
A separate state for Muslims would be created in western and eastern India - Pakistan.
The remains of India would stay India and be under predominantly Hindu rule.
Who was India’s first prime minister?
Jawaharial Nehru
What was the March First Movement?
On March 1, 1919, as many as 2 million Koreans protested Japanese control of Korea.
What was the May Fourth Movement?
Anti-Japanese demonstrations stated by Chinese intellectuals and workers in China.
