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Where did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
Where did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
- India
- South Africa (correct)
- Pakistan
- England
What did Gandhi adopt as a mark of identification with India's rural poor?
What did Gandhi adopt as a mark of identification with India's rural poor?
- Turban
- Short dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn (correct)
- Sari
- Western clothing
What was the goal of the 400 km (250 mi) Dandi Salt March in 1930?
What was the goal of the 400 km (250 mi) Dandi Salt March in 1930?
- To achieve swaraj or self-rule
- To call for the British to quit India
- To challenge the British-imposed salt tax (correct)
- To protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination