8.5 - Decolonization After 1900
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Indian National Congress
Major political party that led much of India's anti-British independence movement
Mohandas Gandhi
Indian nationalist leader who used nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience against British rule
Muslim League
Political party in British India that demanded a separate Muslim state, Pakistan
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Leader of the Muslim League and a key figure in the creation of Pakistan
Partition of India
The 1947 division of British India into the independent states of India and Pakistan
Gold Coast
The British colony in West Africa that became independent Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Nationalist leader who led the Gold Coast to independence and became Ghana's first prime minister
Organization of African Unity (OAU)
An organization founded by Kwame Nkrumah, inspired by Pan-Africanism
Algerian War for Independence
War for independence from France fought in Algeria from 1954 to 1962
National Liberation Front (FLN)
Algerian nationalist movement that fought a guerrilla war against French colonial rule
Charles de Gaulle
The French president that planned and negotiated Algerian independence
Algerian Civil War
The bloody civil war following Algerian independence, in reaction to one-party rule
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egyptian leader who overthrew the monarchy and promoted Arab nationalism and anti-imperialism
Suez Crisis
1956 conflict after Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal, challenging British and French influence
Biafran Civil War
The Nigerian civil war caused by Biafra's attempt to secede, led by the Igbo people, from 1967 to 1970
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist nationalist leader who fought French colonial rule and later led North Vietnam
Viet Minh
Communist-led nationalist movement that fought for Vietnamese independence from French rule
Geneva Accords
The 1954 agreement that temporarily divided Vietnam into North and South
Vietnam War
The Cold War conflict in Vietnam between communist North Vietnam and anti-communist South Vietnam
Viet Cong
South Vietnamese who supported the communists and led a guerrilla war against U.S. troops
Quiet Revolution
1960s period of secularization and rising nationalism in Quebec that fueled separatist demands