Topic 1 - response to Apartheid Flashcards
(38 cards)
how many seats did the National Party win in the 1948 elections vs the United Party
79 seats over the United Party’s 71
When was the Broederbond set up
1918
What is Swart Gevaar and how did it help the NP win the elections
swart Gevaar - black danger - many Afrikaners felt that the united party did not enforce segregation enough and the NP ensured that the ‘black threat would be prevented
what occured to African wages during WWII under Smuts?
They rose from 1/5 of white wages to 1/4
when did Hendrik Verwoerd become Minister of Native Affairs?
1950
when was the population Registration Act and What did it do?
1950 - assigned South Africans 1 of 4 racial categories
when was the Immorality Act
1950
when was the Group Areas Act and what did it do
1950 - allowed the government to assign areas to a certain race group
when was the Suppression of Communism Act
1950
when was the abolition of Passes Act
1952
how many residents did Sophiatown have before the Group Areas Act
60,000
which area was the ‘we won’t move’ protest in 1955 after the Group Areas Act was implemented
Sophiatown
how many residents were forcibly removed in District Six in 1966?
600,000
When was the Bantu Education Act and who did it put african education under the control of?
1953 - the control of Native Affairs
how many african children attended school in 1948
less than 33%
how many black south africans were literate in 1948?
25%
when was the Tomlinson Report and how much did he suggest was funded to Bantustans?
1955 - £100 million
when was the ANC founded and when did ideas grow of Civil Disobedience?
founded in 1912 but ideas gew in the 1940s for civil disobedience
when was the ANC Youth League formed and by who?
1944 - formed by Walter Sisulu
when was the defiance campaign
1952
how many arrests were made in the Eastern Cape during the Defiance campaign
8,000
when was the Potato Boycott
1957-1959
when was the freedom Charter
1955
how many Congress leaders were arrested during the Treason Trial
156
