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Nationalist and independence movements after de WWII - Coggle Diagram
Nationalist and independence movements after de WWII
India
Mohandas Gandhi
Movement of non violent resistance and civil desobedience
improve the live of india's poor and gain freedom from British rule
finally India achieves independence from the British in August 1947
it was divided into two countries
India
Pakistan
He led the salt march in 1930
a thousand of followers
they called him mahatma
Japan
the second world war left a big part of Japan destroyed after what happened in 1945
The Americans occupied Japan and gave them food and supplies
in 1952 the allied occupation ended and finally japan became independent
Japan had one of the fastest economic growth after the war
was able to rebuild and emerge stronger than ever
Africa
Libya became the first newly independet nation after teh WWII in 1951
some African leaders were on the side of capitalism and the others in the side of the communism
the majority came from the middle classes and had studied in the west
Nelson Mandela
he is the leader of the ANC(african national congress) and the gouverment arrested him in 1962
in 1994 he became the first president elected by the majority of all the people, black and white.
European imperialism had divided Africa in random ways and created borders that would later cause major problems when it came to becoming independent.
in 1963 the OAU arises
this organization supported african groups fighting against colonialism
in 2002 rhe OAU became in the AU
promotes democracy and economic growth in Africa
South Africa
Apartheid
system of racial segregation wich south Africans were assigned to one of four groups
White
Mixed race
Black
Asian
This system ended when Mandela assumed the presidency along with organizations in favor of human rights.