Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History #40
Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History #40
After World War II, independence movements across the world sought freedom from empire. John Green describes how nation-states were forged through nonviolence and revolution.
Key Ideas
As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
Key Ideas
Think about the following questions as you watch the video
- 02:23 How did World War II affect colonial empires?
- 04:54 Why was there tension within India’s independence movement? What was the source of the disagreement?
- 05:43 In what way was the Indian independence movement very different from the partition of India that followed? What do you think was the cause of this difference?
- 07:50 What are cash crops? How were Indonesian farmers exploited in order to enrich the Netherlands?
- 11:07 What kinds of challenges did African nations face after independence? How had imperialism contributed to those challenges?