Postwar Colonial Rule and Independence Movements, 1918–1935

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Self-determination

The principle that a people should choose its own political status and form of government.

Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)

An organization founded by Marcus Garvey to unite people of African descent; Garvey also promoted migration from North America to Liberia.

African-led churches

Independent Christian institutions whose leaders argued that Africans, rather than Europeans, should control African religious life.

British rule in Iraq after Faisal became king

Britain retained substantial control, prompting Iraqi nationalists to object to the limits on independence.

Contrasting views of Herzl and Montagu

Herzl advocated a secure Jewish national home; Montagu opposed British policy and argued that Jewish people did not necessarily form one nation.

Quiz questions

1. What did the Treaty of Sèvres propose for the Ottoman government in 1920?Answer: A severe partition that left it control of Istanbul and Thrace.
2. Which former German possessions did Australia receive after World War I?Answer: German New Guinea and Nauru.
3. What did the National Congress of British West Africa seek from Britain?Answer: The transfer of legislative work to elected assemblies in its West African colonies.
4. What power did the Rowlatt Act give the British authorities in India?Answer: Detaining people suspected of revolutionary activity for up to two years without trial.
5. Under the Government of India Act of 1935, which areas remained under British control?Answer: Military and foreign policy functions.