SS7H3 The student will analyze continuity and change in

Southern and Eastern Asia leading to the 21st

century.

a. Describe how nationalism led to

independence in India and Vietnam.

b. Describe the impact of Mohandas Gandhi’s belief in non-violent

protest.

NationalismThe belief that people should be

loyal to those with whom they share common history, customs, origins,

and sometimes language and religion. These people often think of

themselves as a distinct nation.

India

Flag of India

India

Feelings of nationalism began to surface in India

after the nation came under the direct rule of the

British Empire.

IndiaThere were two major groups that fought for independence in India: the first was the Indian National

Congress (which was mostly made up of Hindus) and the Muslim League (which was made up of

Indians who followed Islam).

IndiaMohandas Gandhi, who was a

believer in non-violence, began to urge Indians to refuse to cooperate

with British laws they felt were unjust. His goal was to show the

world the injustice of British rule in India. The plan was called civil

disobedience.

India

Civil disobedience was the refusal to obey unfair laws

even if the result was punishment.

India

Mohandas Gandhi

IndiaExamples of civil

disobedience were the boycott of British goods and the refusal to pay taxes that

did not benefit the Indian people.

IndiaGandhi’s campaign of civil

disobedience gradually wore the British down, who

granted the Indians their independence after World

War II.

IndiaBy 1946, disputes broke out among the Indians about how the country should be ruled. The final decision

was to divide India into three countries. East and West Pakistan would be created for the Muslims.

India would be a Hindu country.

Vietnam

Vietnam

Flag of Vietnam

VietnamIn the early 1900’s the

French gained control of an area of Southeast Asia know

as Indochina. Later, this became the modern day

country of Vietnam.

VietnamHo Chi Minh began to work for

Vietnamese independence from the French. In the 1930’s

he organized the Indochina Communist Party to help

achieve this goal.

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh also helped form a group known as the

Vietminh League, which had Vietnamese independence

as a goal.

Vietnam

The nationalist feeling that was present in Vietnam led

the Vietnamese to fight both France and the United

States to unite their country.

Vietnam

The United States left in 1975, and the country

known as the Republic of Vietnam was born.