chapter 35 Flashcards
nationalism and political identities in asia, africa, and latin america (153 cards)
The rise of nationalism and communism in China after the revolution of 1911 and the Russian revolution in 1917 guided Shanfei’s transformation from a girl ruled by ________ and privilege to an active __________ dedicated to the causes of women and communism.
tradition; revolutionary
What did Shanfei’s father’s death mean for Shanfei and her future? Now that he wasn’t pressing for traditional notions of women, what did Shanfei pursue?
ripped bandages off of her feet and sent to a modern school
- incited a student strike against the administration of her school, became famous as a leader in student movement
- broke tradition also by giving up her fiance for free marriage to the man she loved (peasant leader in communist movement)
Beneath colonial surfaces, nationalist and anti-imperial movements gathered strength, and in the postwar years resistance against and desire for what two main things were stronger than ever?
- resistance to foreign rule
- desire for national unity
In the decades following the Great War, nationalism developed as a powerful political force especially in what two Asian countries because growing numbers of people were influenced by the self-determination concept?
India and China
What were the twin ideals of Asian nations?
- independence from foreign powers
- national unity
The quest for national identity in India focused on doing what/what was their main concern at the time?
gaining independence from British rule
- pursuit was complicated by sectarian differences between Hindus and Muslims
The Chinese path to national identity was fraught with foreign and civil war as what two principal groups contended for power?
- the Nationalist Party
- the Communist Party
The construction of what across India facilitated the export of raw materials, but also contributed to the idea of national unity by bringing the people of the subcontinent within easy reach of one another?
the construction of a vast railway network across India
How did the British ironically create their own demise by creating an elite of educated Indian administrators to help with controlling and administering their vast colony?
European system of education familiarized the local middle-class intelligentsia with the political and social values of European society, but these values–democracy, individual freedom, and equality–were the antithesis of the empire, they promoted nationalist movements
How did the goal of the Indian National Congress change after the Great War?
AT FIRST: stressed collaboration with the British to bring self-rule to india
AFTER: congress pursued that goal in opposition to the British
How did the Muslim League contribute to the cause of the Indian National Congress?
both organizations dedicated to achieving independence for India, but members of the Muslim League increasingly worry that Hindu oppression and continued subjugation of India’s Muslim minority might replace British rule
From where did Indian nationalists draw encouragement and ideas from?
- Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
- Lenin’s appeal for a united struggle by proletarians and colonized activity
What life experience influenced Gandhi’s involvement in fighting racial segregation, and adopting of a moral philosophy of ahimsa and developed a technique of passive resistance (satyagraha)?
In 1893, he went to South Africa to accept a position with an Indian firm, there he became involved with organizing the local Indian community against system of racial segregation that made Indians second-class citizens
What was Gandhi’s moral philosophy of ahisma?
tolerance and nonviolence
What was Gandhi’s technique of passive resistance, satyagraha?
“truth and firmness”
Gandhi spent an hour each morning carefully studying what document, which was one of the most sacred writings of Hinduism, that he regarded as a spiritual dictionary?
“Bhagavad Gita” (Sanskrit for “The Lord’s Song”)
Gandhi’s unique mixture of _________ intensity and _________ activism appealed to broad section of the Indian population, and in the eyes of many he quickly achieved the stature of a political and spiritual leader, their ________, or “great soul”.
spiritual; political; Mahatma
Gandhi fought especially hard to improve the status of what class of society? What did he call the people of this class?
fought especially hard to improve the status of the lowest classes of society, the casteless Untouchables
- he called them harijans (“children of God”)
Under Gandhi’s leadership, what two mass movements did the Indian National Congress launch?
- the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1920-1922
- the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930
What did Gandhi call for Indian people to do in order to achieve self-sufficiency, which he believed to be a prerequisite to self-government?
called on Indian people to:
- boycott British goods and return to wearing rough homespun cotton clothing
- advocated for manual labor and the revival of rural cottage industries
- boycott institutions operated by the British in India like schools, offices, and courts
Despite Gandhi’s cautions against the use of force, _________ often accompanied the protest movement.
violence
What did the British do to Indian protesters in the city of Amritsar in Punjab in 1919?
colonial troops freely used their rifles to disperse an unarmed crowd, killing 379 demonstrators
What act did British parliament enact to give India the institutions of a self-governing state?
Government of India Act
What did the Government of India Act allow for, that permitted India to establish a self-governing state?
- allowed for establishment of autonomous legislative bodies in the provinces of British India
- allowed for creation of a bicameral (two-chambered) national legislature
- allowed for formation of an executive arm under the control of the British government
- act went into effect in 1937