The Nationalist Movement in Indo-China
The contributions of Giuseppe Mazzini in spreading revolutionary ideas in Europe were -
(i) Mazzini put together a coherent programme for a unitary Italian Republic.
(ii) He had formed a secret society called Young Italy for the dissemination of his goals.
(iii) Mazzini’s relentless opposition to monarchy and his vision of democratic republics frightened the conservatives.
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The role of women as warriors in Vietnam during the 1960’s were-
(i) Vietnamese women responded and joined the resistance movements.
(ii) Women nursed the wounded, constructed underground rooms and tunnels and fought the enemy.
(iii) Along the Ho Chi Minh trail, young women volunteers built six airstrips, kept open strategic roads, neutralised tens of thousands of bombs, transported tens of thousands of kilograms of cargo, weapons and food and shot down fifteen planes.
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Huynh Phu So.
Only one-third of the students in Vietnam would pass the school-leaving examinations.
The French began building canals and draining lands in the Mekong delta.
The government made the Saigon Native Girls School take back the students it had expelled.
Rats were most common in the modern, newly built areas of Hanoi.
Describe the ideas behind the Tonkin Free School. To what extent was it a typical example of colonial ideas in Vietnam?
What was Phan Chu Trinh’s objective for Vietnam? How were his ideas different from those of Phan Boi Chau?
With reference to what you have read in this chapter, discuss the influence of China on Vietnam’s culture and life.
What was the role of religious groups in the development of anti-colonial feelings in Vietnam?
Explain the causes of the US involvement in the war of Vietnam. What effect did this involvement have on life within the US itself?
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