Defiance Campaign Flashcards
1
Q
What?
A
Nationwide campaigns organized by the ANC
Much larger in number than previous campaigns
2
Q
Why?
A
-ANC was not effective in stopping current apartheid laws
-govt wasn’t listening to demands
-ANC risked losing credibility
Laws we’re much more extreme
Specific target = passbook laws and segregated amenities
3
Q
How?
A
Fill up jails with protestors until overflowing
Put pressure on state and local govt
Then
Launch series of strike (DIDNT happen)
4
Q
Longer sentences for protestors after riots broke out
A
Criminal Law Amendment Act
5
Q
ANC could not meet or coordinate further protests after riots broke out
A
Suppression of Communism Act
6
Q
Failure?
A
- none of the laws targeted were repealed
- govt passed more repressive laws
- Many poor blacks did not participate
- strikes never happened
7
Q
Success?
A
- beginnings of mass movement
- national profile of anc grew
- thousands of Africans became involved in struggle for the first time
- UN established a commission on the racial situation
