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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
- United Kingdom
- India
- South Africa (correct)
What was Gandhi's goal in undertaking several hunger strikes in the months following India's independence?
What was Gandhi's goal in undertaking several hunger strikes in the months following India's independence?
- To gain political power
- To pressure Pakistan to pay India
- To stop the religious violence (correct)
- To protest against British rule
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 suit and tie
- Western clothing
- A turban
- A short dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn (correct)