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41 Cards in this Set
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What factors facilitated African Nationalism?
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1. Colonial Oppression
2. Missonary Churches 3. World War I & II 4. Pan-Africanism 5. League of Nations and United Kingdoms |
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When was the League of Nations formed?
Why? |
Formed in January 1919
formed to prevent a war |
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What were the league of nation's weakness/failures. Whose idea was it to form?
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1. lacked an armed force
2. Inability to get an unanimous vote when needed 3. self interest of "most important" 4. Inability to stop Italy's invasion into Ethiopia. Woodrow wilson |
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What was the League of Nations most significant failure?
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Inability to stop Italy's invasion into Ethiopia.
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Who criticized the league of nations?
What year? |
Haile Selassie
1936 |
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What prophetic quote did Haile Selassie say?
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Either we have collective security or International lawlessness.
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When and where was the united nations founded?
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San Francisco in 1945 April-June
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What year did the United Nations create the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? What was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
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In 1948
A document that spelled out an array of rights that all human beings are entitled to to. |
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What was Article 73?
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It was in regarding to self-government.
To take due account of political aspirations of the peoples, and assist them in the progressive development of their free political institutions. |
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What happened at African Independence and After?
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the process of decolonization and transfer of power
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What is the meaning of decolonization?
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the action of changing from colonial to independent status
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What period did decolonization take place?
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1945-1965
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What is the transfer of power?
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The actual handing over of political authority and control of the state's bureaucracies and resources to African nationalist leaders and parties.
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When did the transfe of power begin in Africa?
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1950's
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What does the centralization of power mean?
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When africans were given majority seats in legislative and new constitution was formed.
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When was the new constitution formed in Ghana? (1st)
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1946 - First time africans had majority seat in the colony's legislature.
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When did massive riots take place? where did they take place? What did the british do?
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1948
on the southern part of Gold Coast. Told commission of Inquiry (composed entirely of Africans) to analyze the problem and recommend a punishment |
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What year was a colony-wide election held? What also happened in this year?
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1951
New Constitution was made. |
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What were the two political parties that competed in the election (1951)?
Which party won the election? Who was the leader of the CPP. |
United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC)
Convention People's Party (CPP) CPP won the election? Kwame Nkrumah |
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In ____(year) _____ was given the title Prime Minister. What new party came about? Whose interests did they represent?
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1952 Prime Minister
National Liberation Movement (NLM) Ashanti people and the north |
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Election held at _____ what new party was defeated?
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1956
NLM |
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What year did Ghana gain independence from British?
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march 5, 1957
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What was the rationale for centralization?
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Each African country needed to project its national identity and assert its soverignty and independence by honoring its own head of state, and not a foreign monarch, as the highest representative of the new nation.
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What is the British Commonwealth?
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a loose association of former colonies that had become independant soverign states.
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What was the predominate group in Nigeria? What terms were called to setup Nigerias system of control?
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North
Regionalism and sepratism |
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Why was decolonization in Nigeria more difficult?
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Because of the Different ethinic groups
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What are the three reginal units in Nigeria?
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Nort, West, East
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What year were regional reforms made in Nigeria? What did reforms do?
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1942
introduction of regional assemblies & brought northerners in mainstream of Nigerian politics |
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The next reforms of Nigeria occured when? What did it do?
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1946
Adjusted the legislative council |
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The (2nd) constitution was made in? What were the problems with this?
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1951
There was no national party and no national agenda (Problems working together) |
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The (2nd) constitution was made in? What were the problems with this?
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1951
There was no national party and no national agenda (Problems working together) |
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The constitution of 1951 was made in? What were the problems with this?
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Ghana
There was no national party and no national agenda (Problems working together) |
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What were the three regional political parties and what region did they control?
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National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) - East
Northern People's Congress (NPC)-North Action Group (AG) - West |
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What was the main challenges of the 3 groups?
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How to cooperate & govern country of 3 groups.
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What problem happened in 1963 (Nigeria)? Which region voted to creat on state? What would they call it?
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Nigeria unity began to disintergrate after Independence.
The west voted to create state called "mid-west". |
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Census of 1964 what were the implications?
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results showed the northern nigeria's population had twice the size of other regions.
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When was the first military coup in Nigeria?
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January 15th, 1966
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When did the Nigerian Civil war take place?
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May 30th, 1967 - January 2, 1970
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What was Biafra's justification for the war?
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Biafra authorities maintained that Biafra was their God given right of an oppressed to security, to safety, to justice, self-determination, freedom, peace, and progress.
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What were the consequences of the war?
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1. Blockade that kept food from going to Biafra side
2. Nigeria remained divided into 12 states 3. Civil War increased power & prestige of the military |
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What were the problems/challenges at independence?
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Popular expectation
Territorial and Ethnic Divisions |
