8.5 Decolonization after 1900 Flashcards
Muslim League
A group founded in 1906 that campaigned for a separate nation for Indian Muslims
Kwame Nkrumah
The first president of Ghana, a new country made up of former British Colonies
Kwame Nkrumah decreed Ghana was what in 1964?
A one-party state, with him as the party leader.
Organization of African Unity - OAU
Founded by Kwame Nkrumah, the OAU was supposed to support Pan-Africanism.
The Algerian War for Independence
Algerians wanted independence from France, but because so many French people lived in Algeria, France claimed that Algeria was part of France, not just a colony. France refused to allow Algeria to become a separate country. France eventually sent a million troops to fight the Algerians seeking liberation. A LOT of Algerians died in the war and not many French troops died.
How did Algeria ultimately gain independence?
Charles De Gaulle outlined a plan and took the plan to the French and Algerian people for a vote. The people voted for Algeria’s independence.
Was Algeria peaceful after the independence vote?
No, another war broke out over the tensions of fleeing refugees.
FLN - National Liberation Front
A political group that led the movement for Algerian independence. They utlimately took control of Algeria after it became independent and became its authoritarian socialist government.
Algerian Civil War 1991
When the Islamic Salvation Front won a first round election, the FLN cancelled the elections. War ensued.
Ho Chi Minh
The communist leader of Vietnam.
Viet Cong
The communist Vietnamese troops.
Until the Vietnam War, what was the name given to the southern half of the country controlled by the French?
Indochina
Gamal Abdel Nasser
The Egyptian military general who helped overthrow the king and establish the Republic of Egypt. He became the second president of the enwly formed country.
The Suez Canal was built with French and some British Money from 1859 and 1869, in exchange for a 99 year lease. When Nasser seized the canal for Egypt in 1956, what happened?
The Suez Crisis - Israel invaded Egypt at the request of Britain and France. Britain and France then occupied the land around the Suez Canal.
How did the Suez Crisis resolve?
The United States and Soviet Union used the U.N. to broker a resolution - the Suez Canal would become an international waterway open to the traffic of all nations under Egyptian rule.
