7. Government reactions and the challenges posed by the ideas of Black Consciousness to the state

Question 1

True or false, the apartheid government response to the Black Consciousness Movement was at first relatively positive.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

It thought that the concept of black ________ and a _________ black culture fitted in well with the policy of separate development.

Answer 2

separateness

distinctive

Question 3

What was thought about the black consciousness movement?

Answer 3

Further, it was thought that Black Consciousness was a philosophical movement that would have no direct political impact.

Question 4

What did the ANC specifically think about the Black consciousness Movement?

Answer 4

Indeed, the ANC initially thought that the Black Consciousness Movement would have limited ability to organize political resistance.

Question 5

But when it became clear that the movement was strongly anti-________ and was opposed to the ________ policy, the government ________ students who were members of _____ from universities and harassed SASO and ____ leaders.

Answer 5

government
homelands
expelled
SASO 
BPC

Question 6

What did Black Consciousness give rise to among Black South Africans?

Answer 6

Black Consciousness gave rise to greater self - awareness and confidence amongst black South Africans.

Question 7

Which event took the ANC and the apartheid by surprise?

Answer 7

This was shown most clearly by an event which took both the ANC in exile and the apartheid government by surprise - the 1976 Soweto uprising.