Lesson 6 SH 6-2 Examples and Non-Examples of Nationalism

1. By the 1900s, the feminist movement was encouraging legal and economic gains for women in various parts of the world. Women campaigned to have the right to vote and the right to higher education, as well as equal access to divorce and child custody. Although the movement was peaceful in some countries, in Great Britain mmeline !an"hurst led a more militant suffrage movement that included several attention#getting distur$ances, such as planting $om$s, smashing windows, and arson. !an"hurst and many other suffragettes went to prison in the first part of the twentieth century. %n 19&', women in Great Britain received the right to vote on the same $asis as men. Emmeline Pankhurst arrested in London in 1914 after demonstrating for womens right to vote
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&. 3rom 1'99 to 190&, the British and the Boers fought over territory and resources in .outh Africa. -he Boers, descendants of *utch settlers from the 1200s, distinguished themselves $y spea"ing Afri"aans, a language derived from *utch. %n the early 1'40s, the Boers founded the 5range 3ree .tate and the -ransvaal, two repu$lics in the interior of .outh Africa. After diamonds were discovered in the 5range 3ree .tate in the 1'20s, more and more British citi6ens settled in .outh Africa. %n 1'99, the Boers declared war against the British. -he war resulted in a loss for the Boers, $ut it paved the way for British decoloni6ation in .outh Africa and rule $y the Boer minority over the African ma7ority. 1. %n 191& and 1911, the countries of the Bal"an peninsula engaged in two wars. *uring the nineteenth century, when -ur"ish power in the empire declined, the Bal"an countries had won independence from the 5ttoman empire. -he .lavic people of .er$ia, who had gained independence in 1'8', wanted to ma"e their country the center of a large .lavic state in alliance with 9ussia. :owever, not all Bal"an nations were in agreement with .er$ia in this matter. %n addition, Austria, which had a large .lavic population in the southern part of their empire, did not want .er$ia to gain control of the .lavic regions. -he two wars resulted in territorial gains for the Bal"an countries $ut did not completely satisfy them. -he tension on the Bal"an peninsula during these wars was a precursor to the tensions that later spar"ed World War %.

.ources for definitions and e;amples/ Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism <+ew ,or"/ =erso, 1991>? !eter +. .tearns, @ichael Adas, and .tuart B. .chwart6, World Civilizations: The Global !perience <+ew ,or"/ (ongman, &001>? !eter +. .tearns and William (. (anger, The nc"clopedia of World #istor": $ncient% &edieval% and &odern% Chronologicall" $rranged <Boston/ :oughton @ifflin, &001>.