Apartheid

Question 1

When was the UN formed?

Answer 1

December 1948

Question 2

what were their main aims?

Answer 2

world peace
promote economic and social development
protect human rights

Question 3

what were the two groups names that helped with human rights?

Answer 3

UNESCO - UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNICEF - UN International Childrens Emergency Fund

Question 4

Where is the Cradle of Human kind?

Answer 4

Sterkfontein caves

Question 5

What was the Apartheid policy?

Answer 5

that whites were superior to blacks

Question 6

what happened during world war 2 that benifited black people

Answer 6

White people went off to fight in the war so their jobs were open. lack people filled those jobs

Question 7

what was formed in 1949

Answer 7

The ANC congress youth group

Question 8

Why did the South African government not like communism

Answer 8

It promoted equality

Question 9

what happened in 1950

Answer 9

May Day Strike - peaceful protest

Question 10

What happened in 1952

Answer 10

The Defiance Campaign

Question 11

What was the Defiance Campaign?

Answer 11

Peaceful protest where people broke laws deliberately.

Question 12

How long did it last?

Answer 12

3 months

Question 13

how many people were arrested

Answer 13

over 8000 people

Question 14

How did Mahatma Gandhi influence the campaign

Answer 14

Satyagraha - soul force. peace over violence

Question 15

When did the treason trial start?

Answer 15

1956

Question 16

What was the book called that the ANC put together?

Answer 16

the freedom charter

Question 17

what happened because of this?

Answer 17

ANC government leaders were arrested. 156 leaders

Question 18

When did the trial end?

Answer 18

1961

Question 19

When was the women’s march?

Answer 19

9 August 1956

Question 20

What does FEDSAW stand for?

Answer 20

Federation of South African Women

Question 21

Where was the march?

Answer 21

pretoria