Indian Independence

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Partition means to

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Separate/divide

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When did India get independence?

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1947

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Gandhi encouraged his followers to protest British laws by all of the following means EXCEPT: withholding of taxes, boycotting British goods, using homemade salt, blowing up British railroad tracks

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blowing up British railroad tracks

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Under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Muslim League believed in the creation of a separate Muslim state. They created the nation of:

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Pakistan

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What country ruled over colonial India?

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Great Britain

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Who became leader of the Indian National Congress and Indian independence in 1920?

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Mahatma Gandhi

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What is ‘Nationalism’?

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Loyalty, pride, and devotion toward one’s country.

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What was involved in Mohandas Gandhi’s plan of civil disobedience?

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People should refuse to obey a law they felt unfair, but do it without violence.

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Which two religious groups could not reach a solution as to how to rule an independent India? Options: Christians and Buddhists, Hindus and Christians, Christians and Muslims, Hindus and Muslims

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Hindus and Muslims

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One reason India gained its independence from Great Britain in 1947 was that...

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Great Britain did not have the resources to maintain an empire after WWII.