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Quit India Speech Flashcards

1
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Where was Mohandas k. Gandhi born?

A

Porbandar, India

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2
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Where did Gandhi study law?

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London

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3
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Where did Gandhi work as a lawyer for 21 years?

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South Africa

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4
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What caused Gandhi to change his viewpoint to being against British imperialism?

A

one country dominating another countries resources and people

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5
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When did Gandhi return to India?

A

1914

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6
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What does Mahatma mean?

A

great soul

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7
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Gandhi led India against British imperialism for Swaraji. What does Swaraji mean?

A

self rule

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8
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What did Gandhi call the untouchable caste?

A

harijans

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9
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What does harijan mean?

A

Children of God

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10
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Gandhi was also called bapu. What does bapu mean?

A

father

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11
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What does Satyagraha mean?

A

insistence on truth

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12
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Gandhi’s approach to swaraji or self rule was based on these three ideas

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truth, non-violence, and self-suffering

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13
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Gandhi’s Non-cooperation movement encouraged Indians to do what?

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boycott British made goods, drop out of British schools, police services, military and civil service

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14
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What did the Salt March of March 1930 about?

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protest against paying salt taxes

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15
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When the British declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939, what did the Indian National Congress do?

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remained neutral

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16
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Who was the leader if the Muslim League, and the founder of the country Pakistan?

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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17
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What was the name of the mission led by Sir Richard Stafford Cripps?

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the Cripps Mission

18
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What did the Cripps mission hope to accomplish?

A

persuade the Indian National Congress to join against Nazi Germany

19
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What did Sir Cripps offer the Indian National Congress?

A

Increase Indian representation in government, give India Dominion status

20
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What is Dominion Status?

A

almost full independence

21
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Did the Indian National Congress accept the resolutions of the Cripps Mission?

A

no

22
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The Indian National Congress passed a “Quit India” resolution in 1942. What did Quit India want?

A

complete independence from the British

23
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Where did Gandhi give his “Quit India” speech?

A

Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay, India

24
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When the Indian people turned violent where was Gandhi and his wife imprisoned?

A

Aha Khan Palace

25
Q

What is Gandhi’s wife first name?

A

Kasturba

26
Q

Who was India’s first Prime Minister?

A

Jawaharlal Nehru

27
Q

What as the split of India into two countries, India and Pakistan called?

A

the Partition

28
Q

India and Pakistan still fight today over which northern part of the country?

A

Kashmir

29
Q

Who killed indira Gandhi, daughter of Nehru

A

her Sikh bodyguards

30
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“Ours is not a drive for ______ but purely a non-violent fight for India’s independence”

A

power

31
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What will a nonviolent soldier of freedom covet for himself?

A

nothing

32
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What book did Gandhi read in prison?

A

Carlyle’s French Revolution

33
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We do not want to exchange one ______ for another

A

slavery

34
Q

Gandhi said, We must, therefore purge ourselves of what?

A

hatred

35
Q

During world war 2 Gandhi spoke equally against both German Nazism and what?

A

British Imperialism

36
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Gandhi said, “The British are not of bad people just there _____ ____ is.”

A

imperial rule

37
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What was Gandhi’s weekly journal called?

A

Harjan

38
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What language did Gandhi call a “world language?”

A

english

39
Q

Did Gandhi want the official language of India to be english?

A

no

40
Q

Gandhi felt that it was his duty to warn the British that they were on the brink of what?

A

the abyss

41
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What did Gandhi feel was the highest goal for an independent India?

A

democracy

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