AP European History / Unit 9: Cold War and Contemporary Europe
9.9 Decolonization
Notes
After WWII, European colonies won independence: India (1947), Indonesia, most of Africa (1950s–60s), with wars in Algeria and Vietnam. The Suez Crisis (1956) showed Britain and France's decline.
Practice
The Suez Crisis (1956) showed that:
Decline of empire.
Algeria won independence from France in:
After a long war.
Decolonization was speeded by:
Exhaustion and nationalism.
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