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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?
- Pakistan
- India
- South Africa (correct)
- England
What was Gandhi's goal in undertaking several hunger strikes after the partition of British India?
What was Gandhi's goal in undertaking several hunger strikes after the partition of British India?
- To celebrate India's independence
- To pressure India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan
- To stop the religious violence (correct)
- To demand a separate homeland for Muslims
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?
- A short dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn (correct)
- A suit and tie
- A Western-style jacket
- A traditional turban