2003 Apush Dbq Analysis

In the midst of the nineteenth century, shortly after World War II, several regions around the world were separated and divided. Two particular regions, India and Palestine both faced immense tension and conflict that led to the division of each respective region. The division of India and Palestine induced a plethora of negative effects to the people who lived in the region which frequently led to extreme backlash and conflict. The division of India and Palestine were all due to the previous circumstances that were instilled on these two regions. From 1857, India was ruled and under the control of Great Britain. The people who lived in India detested British rule and wanted to gain independence. A renowned leader known as Gandhi played
One inevitable impact the division had on the people was perhaps one of the greatest refugee crises and migration in history. Over 10 million people moved between India and Pakistan. For the most part, the Hindus generally moved into the Indian subcontinent while the Muslims, who feared Hindu domination, migrated to East and West Pakistan. In Document 8 it shows that there were around 8.6 million Muslim refugees that migrated out of India into either East or West Pakistan. In addition to this extraordinary refugee crises, another effect the division of India had was border tensions. The tensions between the borders of India and Pakistan resulted in India being at the “receiving end of Pakistan’s heavy shelling” and “heavy bombing” (Document 9b). This shows that not only was there a large scale migration crises, there was also several attacks and possibly deaths and casualties from bombs. Also, in document 9a it that states that another effect of the division was that there were “two armed conflicts (in 1965 and 1999) and numerous clashes between Indian and Pakistani forces”. This highlights the various facets of the tensions and problems the division of India had on the Hindus and Muslims. It is inevitable that the division of the region greatly affected the people who lived there by causing the largest migration in human history, armed conflicts, and
One particular effect the division of Palestine had on the Palestinians was that they were not allowed to enter Israel, whereas the Jews are able to freely travel between the region. This creates a huge inequality between the Jews and Palestinians which is definitely a problem because the ability for the Jews to have more freedom will anger the Palestinians and stir further conflict. Secondly, the failure of the 1947 United Nations plan for partition in the Israeli-Palestinian region also had a detrimental effect on people. In Document 6 it states that one of the events that occurred in 1948 was a war that broke out. This affected the people who lived in the region because war would lead to several casualties and reparations that would cause an economic deficit. Furthermore, another major effect the division of the Israeli-Palestinian region had on people in the region were two intifadas. The intifadas were Arab uprisings against the Israeli government and military which was supported by the Palestinian Liberation Organization. This is significant because the intifadas were extremely violent and led to several hundreds of deaths and affected the perspectives of the people who lived in the region. The division of Palestine was one of the major divisions that occurred after World War II and it has made a considerable imprint on the