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What was the first time that Maghrebs could publish their work? What did they write about?
1945. Decolonization, to resist colonial perspectives. Used their writing to try to gain independence.
Which French populations were for and against Algerian Independence?
Parisians were for, locals pieds noirs were against it.
Who was Albert Camus?
He won nobel prize, Algerian journalist who wrote for underground newspapers in Algeria. He was a key philosopher of the 20th-century and his most famous work is the novel L'Étranger (The Stranger).
What was the Blum-Violette proposal and when did it take place?
1936. The proposal suggested that a minority of Algerians obtain full French citizenship while still allowing them to be subject to Muslim law on some social issues (such as marriage/divorce, custody, inheritance). It proposed to offer these benefits to the highly educated, as well as to those Algerian men that served in the French military, with the plan to widen the benefits to other groups at a later date.
What were the Massacres of 1945? What was especially ironic about this?
massacres of 45,000 Algerians who took to the streets demanding independence as Europe celebrated victory over Nazi Germany on May 8, 1945. It was ironic because Algerians had just been forced to fight in Europe to protect France.
What was the FLN? When was it started?
It is socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up in 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.
What were the cafe wars?
When the he FLN's armed wing during the war was into guerrilla units fighting the French and bombing places like cafes.
Once the FLN won, what happened in Algeria?
There still was not unity in the country because they promoted arabness and islam over all the other diverse cultures.
When did the French invade Algeria?
1830
With whom did the French fight in Algeria while trying to colonize it?
The Ottomans
When and why did immigrants from Allsace-Lorraine come to Algeria?
immigrants de l’Alsace-Lorraine. L’année où Allemagne a annexé L’Alsace-Lorraine. La France voulait augmenter la population française en Algérie.
Who were the Pieds-Noirs? Why were they called this? How much land did they own?
Europeans who lived in Algeria, possibly named thus because the soldiers wore black boots. 40% of cultivatable land.
What was the ratio of Pied Niors to Algerians in the middle of the twentieth century?
1 million French 8 million Algerians.
What did the Marshall Plan have to say about Algeria? What did France and thus Algeria do?
That if they gave a bunch of money to France to rebuild, that they would then have to give Algeria it's independence. France did nothing so Algeria revolted.
What was the Toussaint Rouge?
est le nom donné en France aux attentats meurtriers perpétrés par le F.L.N. ayant eu lieu le 1er novembre 1954, jour de la fête catholique de la Toussaint (d'où « Toussaint rouge »), en Algérie française dans les Aurès, département français de Constantine, qui firent de nombreuses victimes de part et d'autre des deux camps et qui marque le début de la Guerre d'Algérie (1954-1962); nommée guerre d'indépendance par les combattants du F.L.N..
What basically ended the Algerian War?
DeGaulle came back into power and saw that Algerian Independence was inevitable because so many other countries were anti-colonialist at this point.
What was the Paris Massacre and when did it take place?
1961, attack on 30,000 peaceful demonstrators for Algerian Independence. About 200 people died and France did not acknowledge it until 1998.
During revolts, what happened to Pieds Noirs who were farmers in the country?
As the FLN campaign of influence and terror spread through the countryside, many European farmers in the interior (called Pieds-Noirs) sold their holdings and sought refuge in Algiers and other Algerian cities
What was the Phillipeville massacre?
The killing by the FLN and its supporters of 123 people, including 71 French, including old women and babies when before the FLN had only killed military and political groups.
What was France's reaction to the Phillipeville massacre and how did this provide support for the FLN?
They slaughtered 12,000 Algerians and this brutal reaction made more Algerians support FLN
When was the Battle of Algiers and who planted the bombs?
1956, three women in various restorants.
Why did mainland French start to want to give Algerians independence?
The publicity given to the brutal methods used by the army to win the Battle of Algiers, including the use of torture, a strong movement control and curfew called quadrillage and where all authority was under the military, created doubt in France about its role in Algeria.
What famous French Author was a mouthpiece for Algerian Independence?
Jean Paul Sartre