Gandhi DBQ background Essay

In what year was Mohandas Gandhi born? How many years after the end of the American Civil War was this?

• 1880, fifteen years after the end of the American Civil War.

• 1875, ten years after the end of the American Civil War.

• 1869, four years after the end of the American Civil War.

• 1865, two years after the end of the American Civil War.

What was Gandhi's field of study when he went to London?

• Medicine

• Engineering

• Law

• Business

What did Gandhi like about the English?

• Their respect for the law

• Their food

• Their fashion sense

• Their language

What did Gandhi refuse to accept about the English in India?

• Their architecture

• Their clothes, manners, and ideas about beauty

• Their literature

• Their music

What were Gandhi's feelings about India's caste system, a system that divided people into higher and lower social groups?

• He was indifferent towards it

• He supported it

• He disliked it

• He was unaware of it