Here are the correct answers to fill in the blanks on your worksheet, based on historical facts about Mahatma Gandhi.
Left Column:
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youngest (Gandhi was the youngest of six children.)
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13 (He married Kasturbai when he was 13 years old.)
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66 (Their marriage lasted for 66 years, until his death.)
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London (He went to London to study law.)
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19 (He was 19 years old when he went to London.)
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a suit and tie (Instead of Indian clothes, he wore Western formal wear like a suit and tie.)
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Bombay (He began practicing law in Bombay, now Mumbai.)
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South Africa (He was asked to represent a company in South Africa.)
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third-class (He was told to sit in the third-class car despite having a first-class ticket.)
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against discrimination (or "injustice") (He resolved to fight back against unfair treatment.)
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sidewalks (Indians and blacks could be arrested for walking on the same sidewalks as whites.)
Right Column:
12.
vote (Lawmakers wanted to deny Indians the right to vote.)
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travel (Every citizen had the right to travel anywhere in the empire.)
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21 (Gandhi remained in South Africa for 21 years.)
15.
India (After WWI started, he returned to India.)
16.
public meetings (Great Britain banned public meetings of assembly.)
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newspapers (They even banned Gandhi's newspapers/publications.)
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weak ("Nonviolence is a weapon for the weak.")
19.
soldiers (The British soldiers fired on the crowd at Amritsar.)
20.
cotton (Gandhi encouraged Indians to grow their own cotton.)
21.
cloth (And to spin their own cloth.)
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the Salt March (In 1930, Gandhi led the Salt March.)
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sea (To the sea.)
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salt (To protest the British tax on salt.)
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disobedience (He called for civil disobedience.)
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protesting (He and his followers were jailed for protesting.)
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riots (While Gandhi was in prison, there were many riots/violent outbreaks.)
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partition (England proposed partition for India.)
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Pakistan (Pakistan, a Muslim state, was carved out.)
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