Indian Nationalism

During WWI, 1 million India's fought for the British Army and Britain had promised India self-rule. But Britain failed

to fulfill their promises.

Amritsar Massacre - 1919

A large group of Indians assembled on April 13, British troops fired on them without warning.

Killing 400 people and wounding 1,200.This incident caused an increased desire for

self-determination.

Mohandas Gandhi Led the Indian Nationalist movement

Civil Disobedience

Nonviolent Passive Resistance

Boycotting

The refusal to obeyunjust laws

Refusal to buy British Goods

Gandhi embraced Democracy and equal rights for everyone

He was Hindu but rejected the caste system

The Salt March1930

Indians were only allowed to buy salt from Britain. Sea salt was available on the coast, but the Indians were forbidden to touch it.

The salt monopoly was a symbol of British oppression.

March 12, Gandhi and 78 followers set out of the 240- mile march to the sea. By the time Gandhi reached the sea the number of marchers were in the thousands. While at the sea they started to gather salt. Gandhi along with thousands more, were jailed and beaten, but not one Indian

fought back.The whole world watched and Britain was embarrassed.

Indian Nationalsim

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1. Mohandas Gandhi is best known for his 1. use of passive resistance to achieve Indian independence  2. desire to establish and Islamic nations  3. opposition to Hindus holding political office  4. encouragement of violence to end British rule

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2. The primary goal of the Indian National Congress (1855-1947) was to 1. reform the Hindu religion  2. partition India between Muslims and Hindus  3. create a socialist economy  4. gain independence from Great Britain

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3. Which action best illustrates Mohandas Gandhi’s concept of civil disobedience? 1. a British army outpost was bombed as a protest against the British presence in Northern  Ireland  2. citizens in the United States went to jail for violation segregation laws  3. French citizens wrote letters to their government to oppose arms sale to Iraq  4. supporters of Ferdinand Marcos attempted a coup d’etat against the Philippine  government

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4. Which event was used by Mohandas Gandhi to bring world attention to the injustices of British colonialism? 1. salt march  2. partition of India  3. Sepoy Mutiny  4. formation of the Indian parliament

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5. Which statement best reflects a belief of Mohandas Gandhi? 1. Muslims and Hindus must be separated if true peace is to come to India  2. India must adopt the British factory system  3. The caste system must remain an important cornerstone of Hindu society  4. India must achieve independence, but not at the expense of further dividing the Indian people

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6. The “homespun movement” and the Salt March promoted by Mohandas Gandhi in India are examples of his policy of 1. industrialization  2. isolationism  3. nonalignment  4. nonviolent protest

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7. During India’s independence movement, Mohandas Gandhi’s boycott of British-made products was effective because the British considered India a major 1. shipping center  2. industrial center  3. market for manufactured goods  4. source of mineral resources

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8. “Indian National Congress Refuses To Support British War Effort”“Indians Answer Call for the Production of Homespun Cloth”“Indians Call for Boycott of Imported British Cloth”

These three headlines all refer to 1. attempts by the native people to gain Indian independence  2. political reorganization in the British colonia empire  3. programs to increase India’s standard of living  4. the benefits of economic interdependence between Britain  and India