Nationalism in The 20th Century

Study Nationalism using Online Video

Use these 2 online educational video titles to examine the emergence of nationalism as a powerful political force in Third World countries, and survey two routes to national independence: constitutional and revolutionary. Our video presentations trace the progress of nationalist movements in India, where British rulers were overthrown through constitutional means and peaceful protest...and Vietnam, where foreign powers were expelled after years of bloody fighting.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the reasons why nationalist movements came to dominate the politics of the colonial possessions of European nations in Asia and Africa during the twentieth century.
• Explain how the economic policies administered by colonial rulers in African and Asian countries impacted the social organization and industrial growth of those countries.
• Study the emergence of nationalism as a powerful political force in India and Vietnam, and survey two routes taken to national independence: constitutional and revolutionary.
• Trace the progress of nationalist movements in India - where the colonial rule of the British was overthrown through constitutional means and peaceful protest and Vietnam where foreign powers were expelled after years of warfare and bloodshed.
• Name the two leaders of the nationalist struggles for independence in India and Vietnam.

• History > 20TH Century World History > Twentieth Century Nationalism
• Twentieth-Century Nationalism Part 1 (Runtime: 19:44)
• Twentieth-Century Nationalism Part 2 (Runtime: 20:25)