ss7h3 the student will analyze continuity and change in southern and eastern asia leading to the 21...
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SS7H3 The student will analyze continuity and change in
Southern and Eastern Asia leading to the 21st
century.
a. Describe how nationalism led to
independence in India and Vietnam.
b. Describe the impact of Mohandas Gandhi’s belief in non-violent
protest.
NationalismThe belief that people should be
loyal to those with whom they share common history, customs, origins,
and sometimes language and religion. These people often think of
themselves as a distinct nation.
India
Flag of India
India
Feelings of nationalism began to surface in India
after the nation came under the direct rule of the
British Empire.
IndiaThere were two major groups that fought for independence in India: the first was the Indian National
Congress (which was mostly made up of Hindus) and the Muslim League (which was made up of
Indians who followed Islam).
IndiaMohandas Gandhi, who was a
believer in non-violence, began to urge Indians to refuse to cooperate
with British laws they felt were unjust. His goal was to show the
world the injustice of British rule in India. The plan was called civil
disobedience.
India
Civil disobedience was the refusal to obey unfair laws
even if the result was punishment.
India
Mohandas Gandhi
IndiaExamples of civil
disobedience were the boycott of British goods and the refusal to pay taxes that
did not benefit the Indian people.
IndiaGandhi’s campaign of civil
disobedience gradually wore the British down, who
granted the Indians their independence after World
War II.
IndiaBy 1946, disputes broke out among the Indians about how the country should be ruled. The final decision
was to divide India into three countries. East and West Pakistan would be created for the Muslims.
India would be a Hindu country.
Vietnam
Vietnam
Flag of Vietnam
VietnamIn the early 1900’s the
French gained control of an area of Southeast Asia know
as Indochina. Later, this became the modern day
country of Vietnam.
VietnamHo Chi Minh began to work for
Vietnamese independence from the French. In the 1930’s
he organized the Indochina Communist Party to help
achieve this goal.
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh also helped form a group known as the
Vietminh League, which had Vietnamese independence
as a goal.
Vietnam
The nationalist feeling that was present in Vietnam led
the Vietnamese to fight both France and the United
States to unite their country.
Vietnam
The United States left in 1975, and the country
known as the Republic of Vietnam was born.