Modern World History Lecture

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Modern World HistoryLecture 14

• National Independence Movements
• 1900-1950

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Themes

• Western ideas, such as Democracy, Fascism, and
  Nationalism, spread to the colonial world and
  spawned independence movements.
• Nationalism, in this instance, took power away
  from Western countries.

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Gandhi

• What was Gandhis bakcgorund? When did he write
  this article?
• How did he characterize British civilization?
• What was satayagraha? How did it work? How did
  change peoples minds and behavior? Why was it
  superior to physical force?
• How did he view the relationship between Muslims
  and Hindus? Do you think this was an accurate
  assessment? Why would he want to portray
  Muslim-Hindu relations in this manner?

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Latin America

• What was Fancisco Garcia Calderons background?
  When did he first publish Latin America Its Rise
  and Progress?
• According to Calderon, what was the general
  opinion of the U.S. among Latin Americans? Why
  did they hold this opinion?
• How were the new U.S. policies in contradiction
  with the Monroe Doctrine?
• How did Latin American countries become
  economically and politically dependent upon the
  U.S.?

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Venustiano Carranza
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Pancho Villa
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Cardenas and Mexican Nationalism

• Who was Lazaro Cardenas? When did he give this
  speech? What new policy was he justifying in
  this speech?
• What had Mexico done for foreign companies? What
  had those companies done in return?
• How did Cardenas appeal to Nationalism in this
  speech?
• What was the danger in enacting this new policy?
  How did he try to avert that danger?

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Juan Peron
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Eva Peron