New Nations around the Global South
by Aiden Wasson, Nam Trinh, Joe Ramirez, Ian Calvin
South Africa: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid
South Africa did not let up on segregation when they became independent of Britain they made a form of extreme segregation called Apartheid that really restricted blacks. Protest started peacefully and some people were killed then after a few violent protests apartheid was gotten rid of.
Rwanda punches himself
after Germany gave Rwanda its freedom the two groups of people the Tutsi and Hutu started to kill each other forced 800,000 Tutsi dead and 2 million Hutu fleeing Rwanda.
Independence Won: Nations Two
Britain gave India it's freedom but India started to fight on what religion would be the one that everyone follows. India then split into 3 countries, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Pakistan and India fight and attack one another because the movement of their people was violent and terrible and ended the lives of many.
Oil is in Middle East
new united nations known as OPEC to raise price of oil and nations in Middle East use money to improve nation.
Jewish wait is over for there state
Palestine is split with a Israel side and a Muslim side conflict rises and Israel with a new army fights and wins land. Conflict continues and organizations to establish a Muslim state and a wall is made to help control terrorists attacks that are directed at Israel by Hamas group.
Asia and Africa: Movements of Freedom and Making Progress
After WWII, a wave of independence sparked as imperial nations had trouble with maintaining their peoples.