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Apartheid Laws
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a series of different laws and acts which were to help the apartheid - gov't to enforce the segregation of different craces and cement the power and dominance by the whites over others.
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Untouchables
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the former name given to a a member of a lower caste in India, whose touch was believed to defile a high-caste Hindu.
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Pass Laws
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laws designed to separate the population limit severely the movements of the non-white populace.
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Non-Violent Non-Cooperation
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resistance without fighting
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Ashram
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community, village, or the world
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Satyagraha
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a form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms.
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Caste System
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a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity.
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Miners' Strike
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when the followers of Gandhi bound together to get the other miners who were imprisoned out of jail. The followers were also put into prison.
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Tenant Farmer
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a farmer who rents his farmland and pays rent to a landlord.
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Boycott of British-Made Cloth
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Indian home-spun fabric was only worn to protest the British-made cloth.
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Cash Crops
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growing crops just to make money off them.
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Home Rule
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allowing the Indians to have a voice in running their own country.
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Salt March
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Gandhi's march to the sea to make salt from the Indian Ocean. He is protesting the law that Indian people can not make salt.
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Amritsar Massacre
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fifty british soldiers began shooting at unarmed men, women and children without warning - roughly 1000 killed.
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Partition of India
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the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of Pakistan.
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Homespun Cloth
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cloth made in India, not England
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Hindu-Muslim question
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whether or not Hindus and Muslims can coexist in a peaceful India.
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Indian Independence Act
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law that freed India from British rule.
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