Flashcards on Global Decolonization in the 20th Century

Global Decolonization in the 20th Century: A Comprehensive Study

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Which North African country obtained independence peacefully by UN recommendation after WWII from Italy and became a constitutional monarchy then a mi

Libya (Tripoli) — Peacefully (UN recommendation after WWII); Colonial power: Italy; Type of regime after independence: Constitutional monarchy, then m

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African decolonization and independence

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Question: Which North African country obtained independence peacefully by UN recommendation after WWII from Italy and became a constitutional monarchy then a mi

Answer: Libya (Tripoli) — Peacefully (UN recommendation after WWII); Colonial power: Italy; Type of regime after independence: Constitutional monarchy, then m

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Question: How did Algeria obtain independence, from which colonial power, and what type of regime followed in the 1960s?

Answer: Algeria (Algiers) — Armed conflict (war of independence 1954–1962; NLF vs. France); Colonial power: France; Type of regime after independence: Republi

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Question: What was Tunisia's path to independence, its colonial power, and the post-independence regime in the 1950s?

Answer: Tunisia (Tunis) — Negotiations (strikes, demonstrations, civil disobedience; some violence); Colonial power: France; Type of regime after independence

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Question: Describe Morocco's struggle for independence, its colonial powers, and its regime after independence in the 1950s.

Answer: Morocco (Rabat) — Escalating resistance (passive resistance, then terrorism; negotiations); Colonial powers: France / Spain; Type of regime after inde

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Question: How did Western Sahara seek independence, who was the colonial power, and what regime emerged in the 1970s?

Answer: Western Sahara (El Aaiun) — Armed conflict (Polisario Front vs. Morocco/Mauritania; Green March 1975); Colonial power: Spain; Type of regime after ind

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Question: How did Ghana obtain independence, from which colonial power, and what regime was established in the 1950s?

Answer: Ghana (Accra) — Peacefully; Colonial power: United Kingdom; Type of regime after independence: Democratic republic; Decade: 1950s.

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Question: How did Nigeria achieve independence, its colonial power, and what types of regimes followed in the 1960s?

Answer: Nigeria (Abuja) — Peacefully; Colonial power: United Kingdom; Type of regime after independence: Democratic republic / military regimes; Decade: 1960s

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Question: What was Tanzania's route to independence and its post-independence regime in the 1960s?

Answer: Tanzania (Dodoma) — Peacefully (Tanganyika + Zanzibar merged 1961–1963); Colonial power: United Kingdom; Type of regime after independence: Republic;

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Question: How did Uganda gain independence, from which colonial power, and what regimes followed in the 1960s?

Answer: Uganda (Kampala) — Peacefully; Colonial power: United Kingdom; Type of regime after independence: Republic, then dictatorship; Decade: 1960s.

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Question: Describe Kenya's independence struggle, its colonial power, and its post-independence regime in the 1960s.

Answer: Kenya (Nairobi) — Armed conflict (Mau Mau rebellion); Colonial power: United Kingdom; Type of regime after independence: Democratic republic; Decade: