1948 National Party Election

Question 1

Give me 6 reasons why did the national party won the 1948 election?

(Put them in order from most to least important)

Answer 1

1) WW2
2) Dislike of jan smuts
3) The poor white problem
4) Afrikaner nationalism/anti British sentiments
5) electoral system(past the post)
6) rise of the anc

Question 2

How did World War Two help the national party get a victory in the 1948 election?

Answer 2

• it caused a economic bust which in turn created hatred for blacks as they were stealing the jobs.
• fear of (swart gevaar) the black peril as more blacks began to migrate to township for work for example Sophia town began to grow the fears further increased when some blacks began to live in the urban areas for example in 1946 23% of blacks were living in the urban areas.
• caused jan smuts to become unpopular as he declared his support for Britain when the war broke out in 1939 this was unpopular with the afrikaners as they supported the Nazis for example in 1939 ossewabrandwag was formed which was pro nazi and anti British

Question 3

What organisation was formed in 1939 that was pro nazi and anti British?

Answer 3

Ossewbrandwag

Question 4

When did jan smuts declare his support for Britain in World War One?

Answer 4

1939

Question 5

What was the name of the report which said that total segregation could not work out as blacks were needed for white businesses?

(And who was this unpopular with?)

Answer 5

The Fagan report

It was unpopular with poor whites

Question 6

Which report introduced the concept of apartheid and white rule?

Answer 6

The national party’s sauer report

Question 7

Tell me some reasons why jan smuts was disliked?

Answer 7

• he involved South Africa in ww2 and he wanted to maintain ties with the British
• he could not keep the black man under control(fagan report)
• he posed a threat to the poor whites (fagan report,rise of the anc)

Question 8

Tell me some ways the poor whites had problems?

Answer 8

• competition for jobs

- after ww2 many blacks began migrating to towns for work which meant they lost their cheap black labour for their farms

Question 9

When was the great trek?

And when was it’s monuments?

Answer 9

• 1835

- 1938 Voortrekker monument in pretoria led by malan

Question 10

When was the Second Boer war?

Answer 10

• 1899-1902
• overall 25,000 afrikaners died as a result of the Boer wars and 22,000 British
• the British used malicious techniques such as putting their women and children in concentration camps this led to the afrikaners surrendering and Thereby losing.

Question 11

When was the broederbond established?

And what did they promote

Answer 11

1918.

-Afrikaner Calvinism

Question 12

When was the anc established?

-what type of blacks controlled it?

Answer 12

1912 
-it was made up of middle class blacks

Question 13

How much of the population was afrikaners by 1948?

Answer 13

12%