Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History #40
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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 various nation-states were forged through nonviolence and revolution.
Guiding Questions
Think about the following questions as you watch the video
- How did World War II affect colonial empires?
- Why was there tension within India’s independence movement? What was the source of the disagreement?
- 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?
- What are cash crops? How were Indonesian farmers exploited in order to enrich the Netherlands?
- What kinds of challenges did African nations face after independence? How had imperialism contributed to those challenges?