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What had the National Party done to higher education?

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Complete segregation

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What were 2 consequences of segregating and controlling education?

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Cut down African elite aspiration

Extended higher education for more people

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The National Party had hoped that African universities would increase their links where?

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The Homelands

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What University focused on political discussion bringing groups together?

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Turfloop

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What inspired a more militant stance among students?

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MLK and militant Christianity

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What was the problem with NUSAS (Student Union) for Steve Biko?

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It was dominated by whites

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Who set up SASO and in what year?

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Steve Biko in 1969

South Africa Student Organisation

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What was Black consciousness?

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Liberate own minds - black is beautiful

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What other groups were included in black consciousness?

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Indians and coloureds

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10
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What did SASO celebrate happening in 1974?

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Mozambique independence from Portugal (external ANC bases)

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What form of protest did the black consciousness movement adopt?

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Peaceful protests

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The government put the SASO 9 on trial, what effect did this have?

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Gave them a platform to explain their ideas of black consciousness

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From 1950 to 1975, how much did the number of students increase by?

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1 million to 3.5 million

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What effect did the increasing numbers of students have?

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Bigger classes, lowly trained teachers and packed building

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15
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Schools increased what in black communities?

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Aspirations

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16
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Soweto was what in black resistance?

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The turning point

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17
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What triggered the Soweto uprising?

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The enforced lessons of Afrikaans

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18
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What did Africans see Afrikaans as?

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The language of the oppressor

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What did the change to Afrikaans show about the National Party?

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Over confident and short sighted

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20
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Who organised school protests in 1976?

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SASM (SA Student Movement)

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21
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What forms did SASM take?

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School boycotts and attacked government buildings

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22
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What did students encourage workers to do to help the protests?

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Stayaways

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23
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How many people were killed at Soweto?

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575

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Soweto was the most violent repression since when?

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Sharpeville

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4,000 students fled SA and joined who?
The MK
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Who publicised many of Bikos ideas helping him reach a white audience?
Donald Woods
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What as the National parties initial action to restrict Biko?
Banning order
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What year was Biko killed?
1977 (killed by police in an interrogation and they refused to drive him to a white hospital so wasted time driving across SA)
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What was the main consequence of Bikos death?
International condemnation
30
How did police claim Biko died that was proven false by woods?
Hunger strike
31
Who was the president of the ANC in exile?
Oliver Tambo
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Where did the ANC make their bases externally?
Zambia
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2 failed MK military incursions?
Wankie | Sipolilo
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In 1969, what did Zambia demand the ANC do?
Remove MK bases
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What was produced by members of the MK criticising the leadership?
Hani referendum
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How did Tambo deal with youthful rebels?
Expelled them from the ANC
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What was decided at the Morogoro conference?
Make the ANC multi racial
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What were ended by the MK?
Armed incursions
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Why did some ANC members split off and form a new group?
Africanist ideology
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Tambo was especially important in gaining the ANC what?
International legitimacy
41
Who had been organising international boycotts in the 1960s and 1970s against SA?
The AAM
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In 1980, the UN passed a resolution calling for the boycott of what?
Cultural and academic boycott
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What was the name of the disruption to the rugby tour of England?
Stop the seventy tour
44
In 1970, what sport was SA expelled from?
Cricket
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Why did Britain refuse economic boycotts on SA?
Important trading partner | Cold war
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What strategy did Britain take to improve SA?
Constructive engagement to improve conditions for black workers.
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What did the ANC accuse British companies in SA of?
Exploiting workers
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What economics shock dramatically affected the world economy?
1973 oil crisis
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Were there more Africans working in industry or farming in 1976?
Africans working in industry outnumbered those on farms in 1976
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What could black workers do to destroy the economy?
Go on mass strikes
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Which bus company faced major strikes in 1972?
PUTCO
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Why were people striking against PUTCO?
For better working conditions and higher wages
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What was different about the Fattis and Monis boycott (sold bread)?
It was multi-racial | Fattis-Monis didn't treat African workers well.
54
What non-racial union was set up in 1979?
FOSATU | Federation of SA trade unions
55
COSAS showed support for the ANC by adopting what?
Freedom Charter
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What does COSAS stand for?
Congress of SA students
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The actions of COSAS highlighted what about the ANC?
Continued support
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Who was the only progressive party MP for a long time?
Helen Suzman
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What 2 reasons did the progressive party protest against apartheid?
morally and economically damaging
60
In 1981 what percent of the vote did the progressive federal party receive?
19% | Became the main opposition
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Which policy did the Progressive Federal party adopt that lost them support?
Universal Franchise | Giving everyone the vote
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Vorster helped Bantustan policy by increasing what?
Investment
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What year did Tranksei become "independent"?
1976
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What was the failure of the independent Bantustans?
Only SA recognised them as independent
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Examples of wasted money on bantustans?
10 homeland capitals built and new airports close together
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Increasing homeland revenue improved what areas?
Education and health
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What was built in homelands improving education?
Universities
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What was the NP hoping to achieve by increasing homeland revenue?
Reduce urbanisation
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Where refused independence?
KwaZulu
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Homeland leaders met in 1973 and agreed what long-term aim?
One black nation
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What did the homelands need to resort to in order to keep power?
Repression
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Why were bantustan leaders unpopular?
They were helping the National Party | Some were corrupt
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Who was the leader of Transkei?
Matanzima
74
What problems did the bantustans create for the National Party?
Expensive Internationally condemned Center for opposition
75
The National Party entrenched their power by gaining what vote?
English speakers
76
What 2 groups did the National Party split into?
Verligte | Verkrampte
77
What did Die Burger (national paper) accept was inevitable in the late 1970s?
Black urbanisation
78
What policy did Verkramptes want to speed up?
Separate development
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When was the information Scandal?
1978 | rocked the NP
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What effect did the information Scandal have on Afrikaners?
Starting seeing the government as corrupt.
81
How did SA try resolve the lack of oil from the oil crisis?
SASOL (make their own oil)
82
Why was industry struggling in South Africa?
Lack of educated and skilled black workers
83
1960-1991 how much did SA white population fall to %?
20% to 13%
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Large increases in African population resulted in what 2 things?
Unemployment | Urbanisation
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What were people forced off farms to cities called?
Surplus people
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Illegal urbanisation made it impossible to enforce what?
The pass laws
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Could the government solve rapid urbanisation and economic stagnation?
No
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What was reform matched with?
Repression
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What was the main aim of Bothas reform?
Maintain white power
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What two political leaders helped SA and the economy?
Thatcher and Reagan due to the cold war
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What changed about African education after Soweto?
Increased spending
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The government wanted to increase what African jobs?
Skilled jobs
93
What did Botha accept as irreversible?
Urbanisation | but still encouraged homelands
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Botha gave more power to Africans that formed what?
Black urban councils | marked ideological change
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What did Botha introduce that gave Indians and coloureds more say?
Tricameral parliament
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With Tricameral parliament, Africans only had rights where?
Homelands
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Who set up the conservative party and why?
Treurnicht | Due to all of Bothas changes
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What did the conservative party become later?
Official opposition
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What did Botha have to be careful of after the conservative party set up?
Keeping voters on his side
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Why did Vorster try create links with African neighbours?
SA was becoming more isolated (74-83)
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Which two former Portuguese colonies became a new threat to the NP?
Angola (1975) | Mozambique (1975)
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What was the aim of SA involvement in Mozambique?
To destabilise the country and prevent MK bases
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Why were some whites angry with SA foreign involvement (Mozambique etc.)?
Service was compulsory and South Africans were dying in foreign countries.
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What ideology did the NP worry were taking over their neighbours (74-83)?
Communism
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Where did SA increase spending (1974-1983)
The military
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How did SA put pressure on neighbours?
Economically and military
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What was the Nkomati Accord 1984?
Agreement between SA and Mozambique to stop providing support for the ANC
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Which key countries did not get involved in SA economic sanctions?
US/UK
109
Who opposed working with SA firms to improve conditions?
AAM/ANC
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Why were some countries uneasy about the ANC?
Armed struggle
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What individual was the focus of international protest?
Mandela
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1983 - What was organised to raise Mandelas profile?
65th birthday party

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