South African History Flashcards
The largest of the Boer Republics, the Orange Free State, outlawed slavery and was recognized by Britain at this convention.
Sand River Convention
This conflict’s indirect cause was an 1886 Gold Rush, and included the Battle of Laing’s Neck. One group decisively defeated the British at the Battle of Majuba Hill in this war, which led to chants of “Remember Majuba Hill!” in another war.
First Boer War
President of the South African Republic (Transvaal) who became the face of the Boer cause.
Paul Kruger
Event that started the Second Boer War - a British militia group entered the Transvaal and attempted to spark Uitlanders (British migrant workers in the Boer Republics) into revolting
Jameson Raid
Significance of Mafeking, Kimberly, and Ladysmith in the Second Boer War
British South African cities that the Boers successfully laid siege to. Ladysmith is especially important.
The second week of December in 1899 was known as the Black Week in British circles for several defeats, most notably this one in which British Commander-in-Chief Redvers Bulls himself was defeated.
Battle of Colenso
Battle which was the low point of the British in the Second Boer War. Churchill was a war correspondent at this battle and Gandhi was a stretcher-bearer here.
Battle of Spion Kop
Name the first major battle of the Second Boer War, as well as the turning point at which Lord Methuen’s forces defeated Piet Cronje at a river.
Battle of Talana Hill, Battle of Modder River
Treaty which ended the Second Boer War. Horrific places first used by Lord Kitchener in the Second Boer War.
Treaty of Veerenging, Concentration Camps
Series of laws meant to segregate the population of South Africa through a system of internal passports. The Sharpeville Massacre occurred after police shot at protesters against these laws.
Pass Laws
Uprising of school children against the usage of Afrikaans for instruction in schools, occurring in a neighborhood of Johannesburg.
Soweto Uprising (Soweto actually stands for South West Townships)
Succeeding WWII era PM Jan Smuts, this man, the first PM of the far-right National Party, originated and instituted Apartheid.
Daniel Malan
Succeeding P.W. Botha, this moderately conservative last National Party PM of South Africa ended apartheid and won a Nobel Peace Prize.
F.W. De Klerk
Anglican Archbishop who won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for protesting Apartheid. He headed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that investigated apartheid era abuses.
Desmond Tutu
South African PM from 1958 to 1966 who was a main backstage player in the National Party for quite some time, a social engineer and theorist of Apartheid (similar to the role of Van Buren in the Democratic Party), who put apartheid on a strong legal footing in his premiership. Assassinated by Dmitri Tsafendas.
Hendrik Verwoed
