People And Groups Flashcards

1
Q
Dominant figure between 1948-64
ANC youth league - pres 1950
Rose during DEFIANCE CAMPAIGN
Helped plan COP and Freedom Trial
*united africans of all races in struggle*
A

Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

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2
Q

Pres of ANC 1952-1967
Non-violence
Organizer of defiance campaign
Moral leader of the movement**

A

Albert Luthuli (1898-1967)

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3
Q

Initiated petty apartheid
NP (national party)
Prime Minister 1948-54

A

Daniel Malan

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4
Q

NP
Started grand apartheid in late 1950s
“Architect of apartheid”
Prime Minister 1958-88

A

Henrik Verwoerd

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5
Q

Armed wing of the ANC
Founded by Mandela after sharpeville Massacre
Strategy to sabotage destroy and not take lives
*caused govt to crack down harshly

A

MK (spear of the nation)

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6
Q
Declared illegal in 1950 - forced underground
Mandela on central comm
Helped def cam and fee charter
Organized strikes 
Supported creation of MK
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South African Communist Party (SACP)

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7
Q

Methods: strikes ; peaceful resistance ; bus boycotts ; passbook protests
Viewed as too elite -poor rural Africans not involved
No real success ; leaders jailed and protests banned
*brought injustices of apartheid to rest of world

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The African National Congress (ANC)

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