Chapter 14 black book history
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11 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Dyarchy | System in which administrative positions were shared equally by Chinese and Manchus |
| Gandhi | political and spiritual leader during India's struggle with Great Britain for home rule |
| Harijans | means "children of God" and was Gandhi's designation for the untouchables |
| M.A. Jinnah | The Muslim leader during the time of British colonial rule who created the modern day country of Pakistan. |
| Indian National Congress | A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class, and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi, appealing to the poor. |
| India Act of 1935 | The Government of India Act 1935 was originally passed in August 1935 , and is said to have been the longest (British) Act of Parliament ever enacted by that time. |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule |
| Ho Chi Minh | Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969) |
| Tydings-McDuffie Act | (FDR) 1934, provided for the drafting and guidelines of a Constitution for a 10-year "transitional period" which became the government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines before the granting of Philippine independence, during which the US would maintain military forces in the Philippines. |
| Satyagraha | the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms |
| Communalism | loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole |
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